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Positive

By: David Wellington
Narrated by: Nick Podehl
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Publisher's summary

In the best-selling vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel - an entertaining pause-resisting zombie epic that is sure to become a classic.

Anyone can be positive....

The tattooed plus sign on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive. At any time the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. If he reaches his 21st birthday without an incident, he'll be cleared.

Until then Finn must go to a special facility for positives, segregated from society to keep the healthy population safe. But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed - a dark and dangerous land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger may be his fellow humans.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome meets World War Z and I Am Legend in this thrilling tale that has it all: a compelling story, great characters, and explosive action, making Positive the ultimate zombie novel of our time.

©2015 David Wellington (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers
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positive great listen. loved every second

loved it was just over too soon. great narrator too. excellent voice to listen to

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Well written. Good story. Good narration.

I really enjoyed this book. Great vision of post zombie apocalypse society. It kept me routing for the main characters.

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One of the best post apocalyptic novels I've read

Loved this book, constantly kept me wanting to know what's next, heartbreaking and inspiring. In a word awesome

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great story

this was, for me, the meshing of a great narrator that I've discovered in the last couple years bringing life to a book by an author I discovered almost a decade ago. both do a great job at pulling you into their created world and make you pull for the hero and wish death on the bad guys. dont want to give anything away so I'll leave it at that.

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Positively Post-Apocalypse

I found myself purchasing this book as part of a twofer from audible knowing that it was a post-apocalyptic story and while not my preferred genre, I was hopeful based on the sample recording and my enjoyment of Nick Podehl's narration skills. Regrettably, it was a challenge completing it even given the narrator's proven talents. I would categorize this in the Young Adult range since most of the story revolve around youths in that age range.

The protagonist was not a very believable character in terms of his ability to overcome the ordeals he was confronted with. He was a 19 year old of average size, strength and intelligence yet with each adverse encounter, of which there were many, he would overcome odds that would be nearly impossible even for another more believably equipped and he would do it not by cleverness, preparation or guile but simply by his own force of will and luck. While one could accept this for a couple of instances, it happened so often that it would have been more believable if the author had gifted him with a guardian angel or some other meta-physical capability. The author also had written almost every harrowing situation (did I mention that there were many?) with so much angst that I found myself musing becoming one with the story and intentionally infecting myself with the zombie virus so that I would have a chance at off'ing him myself, it was that bad.

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Great performance, tight story

ISN’T IT GREAT TO COME ACROSS SPECULATIVE FICTION THAT DOESN’T SUCK??? I missed Wellington’s work. I hadn’t picked up one of his books since 13 Bullets came out, and am pleased to see how much has been published in the interim. Great pacing, great world building, great character development, great editing. And I’m really impressed with the reading of this work. Hats off.

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If you like the Walking Dead, you'll love this....

Interesting take on a zombie apocalypse. Very good narration and I literally couldn't stop listening!

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good potential but thats all

reader males some characters sound like idiots with the voices he gives them. some strong characters were ruined for me by this. the story itself was ok. not completely thrilling but some language and suggestive situations make this book not suitable for kids

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Great take on the zombie apocalypse

This is my first book by David Wellington, and I was pleasantly surprised in how much I enjoyed it. Wellington’s unique take on the zombie apocalypse was very interesting and kept me wanting to hear more. The narrator did well with changing his voice between characters, which made following the audiobook very easy.

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Entertaining camper through the apocalypse

A word of caution: this is more like an adventure than like a real novel. One thing happens after another as our hero tries to navigate his way to safety in a post-acolyptic world riddled by zombies. And yet, it is so well written that it turns out to be very entertaining. I can't wait for the next in the series as surely there have to be more coming.

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