Dog Blood

By: David Moody

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

On the heels of Patient Zero and Pride and Prejudice with Zombies comes this electrifying sequel to Hater, in which humanity fights itself to the death against a backdrop of ultimate apocalyptic destruction.

The Earth has been torn apart. Everyone is either human or Hater, victim or killer. Major cities have become vast refugee camps where human survivors cower together in fear. Amidst this indiscriminate fighting and killing, Danny McCoyne is on a mission to find his daughter, Ellis. Free of inhibitions, unrestricted by memories of the previous world, and driven by instinct, children are pure Haters and might well be the deciding factor in the future of the Hater race. But as McCoyne makes his way into the heart of human territory, an incident on the battlefield sets in place an unexpected chain of events, forcing him to question everything he believes he knows about the new order that has arisen and about the dynamic of the Hate itself.

David Moody grew up in Birmingham on a diet of horror and pulp science-fiction books and movies. He worked for financial institutions before giving up the day job to write about the end of the world for a living. He has written a number of horror novels, including Autumn, which has been downloaded more than half a million times since publication in 2001. He lives in the United Kingdom with his wife and a houseful of daughters and stepdaughters, which may explain his preoccupation with Armageddon.

©2010 David Moody (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good book but the first was better

After reading Hater, I found myself wondering where the author could possibly take this story and I was very excited for the sequel. I'm not sure if it was the narrator or just the story, but I struggled to finish the book.

Hater series

Hater, Dog blood and Them or us
I found it a entertaining series, generally I dislike British accents but this narrator didn't bug me.
The story goes maybe a third or more of the population succumb to some change that makes them incredibly violent and kill anyone who hasn't changed.

WOW!

I was genuinely sad when the book ended because I wouldn't have the fun of reading it anymore. I have never come across a story quite like this before. It is strange and frightening exciting and sad and amazing and impossible to stop listening to... In case he reads these reviews - David Moody, I beg you to write a third book in the series.

slow build up, good execution

the first quarter to me was slow, but the last half when the planning starts; that's when it really caught my attention. It is more detailed than Hater and I loved that it even got the gritty details in.

Shouldn't have done it.

Moody's first in this series was, at least to me, unique in its concept and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This second book, however, didn't nearly engage me like the first, and, in fact, seems in concept much like McCameron's Swan Song or a dozen other apocalyptic novels out there. It's too bad. I hate (no pun intended) to say it, but as wonderful a book as was Haters, I think Moody should have stopped there and gone onto something else. Dog Blood is not a good second installment and I have no desire to purchase the third installment. In fact, I'm getting a little tired of this marketing strategy. Moody is too good for this. Dog Blood is a bomb.