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257th out of 289 books
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Plague War (Plague Year #2)
by
Jeff Carlson (Goodreads Author)
Researcher Ruth Goldman has developed a vaccine with the potential to inoculate the world�s survivors against the nanotech plague that devastated humanity. But the fractured U.S. government will stop at nothing to keep it for themselves.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
July 29th 2008
by Ace
(first published 2008)
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The chips are down in this second of the series (new readers must read 'plague year' before starting this novel). Carlson's writing improved. His section capturing a survival march had a nice prose uplift, with elements that moved toward capturing 'transporting the reader' like the opening section of On the road..
Write on, Jeff Carlson. Write on.
Write on, Jeff Carlson. Write on.
Plague War is a solid middle episode of the Plague trilogy. It works for the same reason the first book worked - the constant uphill battle of survival keeps those pages turning.
Surviving the plague is not fun business, and at times, reading about it wasn't either. As the characters slowly wandered through the desolation, the monotony did set in a bit. Though big in imagination and scope, I credit Carlson for the realism of his situations. I suppose realism isn't always a key element of entertai...more
Surviving the plague is not fun business, and at times, reading about it wasn't either. As the characters slowly wandered through the desolation, the monotony did set in a bit. Though big in imagination and scope, I credit Carlson for the realism of his situations. I suppose realism isn't always a key element of entertai...more
More of the same, and just like the protagonists struggle through insect infested territory, I struggled through Plague War. Mind you: It's not a bad book and Jeff Carlson is not a bad writer, but unless something significant happens in the last book of this trilogy (which warrants stretching the story this thin), it would have been significantly better as a single novel. I won't be along for the ride, I'm afraid, because I read one book too many in this trilogy already. Sorry.
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Ok lets see if my review of this will take this time since i lost the last one.
this book feels more like a complete novel more than the first one - it certainly drew a good enough conclusion that i cannot see what will happen in the third and final book and so much so that i have regained my interest in reading them to find out what happens.
The book carries on more or less right after the ending of the first so the action is pretty linear however it does take a major redirection half way throug...more
this book feels more like a complete novel more than the first one - it certainly drew a good enough conclusion that i cannot see what will happen in the third and final book and so much so that i have regained my interest in reading them to find out what happens.
The book carries on more or less right after the ending of the first so the action is pretty linear however it does take a major redirection half way throug...more
Excellent sequel to Plague Year. Follows the characters in their fight to survive and get the vaccine out there to the wider community. Very ambitious book and starts to deal with the wider scope of the global situation following the nanotechnology outbreak. Loved it, can't wait to read the third one now it's just been released on kindle under the Authors cut.
Second book in this uninteresting sci fit series. Sometimes my strategy of waiting for all the books in a series to come out before I read them backfires when the first book is so bad as I still feel the need to finish the series. Still a dull series.
The best book of the series. It expands on the orignal book and takes the reader through a series of entirely plausible repercussions of the machine plague. Both a great fun read and powerful cautionary tale.
Jul 24, 2011
Keith Bell
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This series has a great premise but is almost too ambitious. Takes a while to get into the story and has just enough to make you want to read the book, but not enough to make it not-put-downable. I'll read the next in the series just to finish it but not going to go out there hunting for it today.
Jul 07, 2010
Rose
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2 of 5 stars
Recommended to Rose by:
Meghan
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I tried. I have read the second book in this trilogy and won't be moving on. I simply don't care. It's more of the same as Plague Year. If you want to see a review of this book, just read the first one. Meh.
Very disappointing! "Plague Year" was a gripping, pessimistic tale of true apocalyptic terror and survival - "Plague War" is bitty, often unfocussed and lacking in the power to keep one's attention.
I was actually quite disappointed with this sequel (sorry Jeff)
There was too much wandering around avoiding bugs for me so I actually got quite bored. I would have liked more intrigue and detail around the fight for the technologies. In all fairness once you restrict yourself to 10,000 feet above sea level you are kind of fairly restricted. Also, I thought the nano was almost too devastating - I can't see how the planet ecology could recover from this.......therefore leading to the destruction o...more
There was too much wandering around avoiding bugs for me so I actually got quite bored. I would have liked more intrigue and detail around the fight for the technologies. In all fairness once you restrict yourself to 10,000 feet above sea level you are kind of fairly restricted. Also, I thought the nano was almost too devastating - I can't see how the planet ecology could recover from this.......therefore leading to the destruction o...more
The sequel to Plague Year, which I read a little while ago. I liked this book too. This book starts pretty much right where the other left off. A small group of survivors on the ground in California trying to get a possible cure for the nanite plague to others while at the same time remnants of government forces are trying to get the possible cure for themselves in order to top dogs in the new world order.
And Russia and China invade California.
Quite a bit of action. Large masses of bugs and snak...more
And Russia and China invade California.
Quite a bit of action. Large masses of bugs and snak...more
Probably not quite as good as plague year, but it was still fairly fun to read.
Very good second book. It was intense and exciting. Can't wait to read the final book!
Not my genre and this was the second book of a trilogy, so it was not the best conditions to start with! But I read it because I hear Jeff talk at a Writers' Conference and wanted to see what all his buzz was about. I think his idea was very inventive, as was the alternate world he created. And I learned alot from his detailed visual descriptions. But if I had to walk one more mile in blasted wasteland with one of his characters I would have thrown the book across the room. I'm sure, however, sc...more
Cant...put...down...bad...Scifi...
A good extension on the story line and an enjoyable book.
It has been a couple years since the machine plague hit and killed most of the world's population. Ruth has a vaccine and is trying to spread it to as many people as possible. Only politics and war are complicating things.
I had a slow time reading this book. I just never got really involved in the story though I am not exactly sure why. Partly because I didnt like Ruth I think. But I will say I REALLY disliked her "solution" to the war and I was kinda glad the book was over
I had a slow time reading this book. I just never got really involved in the story though I am not exactly sure why. Partly because I didnt like Ruth I think. But I will say I REALLY disliked her "solution" to the war and I was kinda glad the book was over
Full review to come.....
Even though I gave the same score to the first book, I liked this one better. They're both good reads and right up my alley--post-apocalyptic with some sci-fi mixed in. The author writes well and has enough colloquialism to make you chuckle.
I'm not sure if there's another one in the series coming soon. If so, I'll definitely read it.
I'm not sure if there's another one in the series coming soon. If so, I'll definitely read it.
Sequel to Plague Year - this one was very intense, just like the first. Nanotechnology is a fascinating subject, as is the possibility of a microscopic weapon that can kill anyone who breathes or swallows them.
This author did a great job with his protagonists - I would love it if he'd write a follow up.
This author did a great job with his protagonists - I would love it if he'd write a follow up.
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This sequel to Plague Year was not a disappointment. The action was even better than the first book. I was a little annoyed by the Cam/Ruth relationship. I liked hearing Hernandez's perspective. It would have been nice to have his narration and more about his role in the action towards the end of the book.
Even better than the first.
Jun 18, 2009
Brandi
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Have tried reading this 2 times. Maybe third time is the charm.
update: I think I read this, but now I can't remember...
update: I think I read this, but now I can't remember...
You can read my full review here: http://dashpunk.com/2008/10/30/interv...
Enjoyed the tale lots of comings and goings of characters.
About the same as his first one.
Again, continued on with the story and it was good to have a place this story was going...now I can't wait to see what the outcome is!!!!
Dragged abit.
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Jeff Carlson is the international bestselling author of "Plague Year" and "The Frozen Sky." His next novel is apocalyptic thriller "Interrupt," coming July 2013 from 47North. To date, his work has been translated into fifteen languages worldwide.
Readers can find free fiction, contests, videos, and more on his web site at http://www.jverse.com
More about Jeff Carlson...
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