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Dead of Night

By: Jonathan Maberry
Narrated by: William Dufris
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A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he can be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang… but a bite.

©2011 Jonathan Maberry (P)2011 Macmillan Audio

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Could not get over the narration. It's over the top, way way way too much.

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Love me some Zombies

It didn't have Jonathan Archer but what a wonderful story. I recommend this to anyone that loves Zombie story's.

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Gaaagghhh!!OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD!!! etc.

This is my second time through Dead Of Night. Zombie fiction is like literary comfort food for me and I consume a lot of it. I held off on Dead Of Night because of the fair number of folks who hate the narration. First time around I was in agreement that it was annoying and overblown. Second time I had the epiphany that this was a cheesy audio graphic novel and I embraced the narrative style and enjoyed myself quite a bit. It’s not my favorite zombie story(that honor goes to The Reapers Are The Angels by Aiden Bell), but this is miles ahead and far more fun than a lot of the dreck that’s out there. I’m glad I embraced it. Now for the next in the series.

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Narration of vision

The narrator, voice of this story, absolutely brings it all to life. The vivid descriptions written by the author absolutely come to light in your minds eye and makes you see the world unfold in front of you. I absolutely recommend for anyone interested in a zombie novel.

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Amazing!!!

Nail biting from being to end!!! I came from the Joe Ledger series, so not having Ray Porter narrating took some serious adjustments. But once I got going, the narrator took me in and held me hostage! Maberry's detailed, tense writing style grabs you and keeps you wanting more. I'm a letter carrier, so I listen at work and found myself literally excited about going to work the next day just so I could listen again! Great audio and I'm headed to grab the sequel!

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Decent

Overall, it was decent. I agree with other reviews in that the narration was not good. It was almost bad enough for me to return the book. As far as the story, it is interesting. There are a few things about the main female character that irked me - something about how men often write female law enforcement officers is offputting.

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really good

had me reading it even in the bathroom. wow. wish there was a sequel tho.

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great great story

fabulous 🤩
loved this book.
cant wait to read the next one
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Definitely a groundbreaking series

This series is so good I made my husband listen to it with me!

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Terrifying, original, excellent. A little much.

This book is fantastic and i truly mean that. I could not put it down until i was finished, and although i do have a few gripes, i will say that as a long time zombie fan, this book showed me even my jaded view of the genre and its horrors could be shocked.

That said, i have some gripes. There are too many scenes where characters lose it. To be clear, i don't think id do any better. It is, however much less impactful the 4th time a character loses it because of how horrible the situation is. It felt almost as if the author wasn't confident enough in that aspect, to show that these characters were being affected.

The narrator was amazing! He brought the book to life in a major, major way! You could tell who was who, and it felt at times a cross between a campfire tale and as if i was watching a gory 70's zombie flick given voice at the same time.

Overall, i loved the book and reccomend it highly, though i do wish the characters spent a little less time in the same scary spirals, if only for tension and brevitys sake.

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