Avery Cates is a very rich man. He's probably the richest criminal in New York City. But right now, Avery Cates is pissed. Because everyone around ...
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Dec 30, 2010
Yolanda
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I read the first book in the Avery Cates series, The Electric Church, last month. And as soon as I did, I couldn't wait to get my hands on the second one. Let me just say that it didn't disappoint.
Several years have passed since the first book and Avery is still a criminal. A rich criminal with a bad-ass reputation. He lives in New York with his crew and still wears the title: Avery Cates, cop killer. That's a tag that he'll never shake and sure as hell gets him into a lot of trouble More...
Several years have passed since the first book and Avery is still a criminal. A rich criminal with a bad-ass reputation. He lives in New York with his crew and still wears the title: Avery Cates, cop killer. That's a tag that he'll never shake and sure as hell gets him into a lot of trouble More...
Jun 11, 2009
Jayson
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In this book The Digital Plague by Jeff Somers, is about a man named Avery Crates. Crates is a rich man, whos just might be one of the richest criminals in New York City. A mysterous plague has swept the human race and threatens to kill the whole human race. With the death total mounting and the human race at the rick of extinction, Crate is forced to take on the roles of the executioner and also the savior.
I wasn't particularly crazy about the book. I feel like it had a lot of unec More...
I wasn't particularly crazy about the book. I feel like it had a lot of unec More...
Jan 27, 2010
Michelle
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I've got to say, I LOVED this book! Avery Cates is the perfect anti-hero. I found myself rooting for him, despite the fact that he is/was a hired killer. It's a rare author who can pull that off so kudos to Jeff Somers.
This book was like a non-stop action movie, which normally I'm not a big fan of in books. However, it worked here! I finished the book in two sittings because I just couldn't put it down. This was the least predictible book I've ever read and I think that's what made r More...
This book was like a non-stop action movie, which normally I'm not a big fan of in books. However, it worked here! I finished the book in two sittings because I just couldn't put it down. This was the least predictible book I've ever read and I think that's what made r More...
Jul 16, 2009
Veach
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I wish I liked it more than I do.
There are some editor-errors which stick in my memory (the repetition of information, telling me something in Chapter 1 and again in Chapter 4...see I was redundant in this sentence - don't ya hate it?).
The story line seems inventive at first, but once you get 100 pages in, you realize this plot is rolling on re-treaded tires in a rut that has been driven in many times before...only with new paint.
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There are some editor-errors which stick in my memory (the repetition of information, telling me something in Chapter 1 and again in Chapter 4...see I was redundant in this sentence - don't ya hate it?).
The story line seems inventive at first, but once you get 100 pages in, you realize this plot is rolling on re-treaded tires in a rut that has been driven in many times before...only with new paint.
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Jul 12, 2010
Kristi
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Wow! This book is why I love goodreads! I have read some sci-fi, but to be honest we all have our favorites we go to first at the bookstores. However, at goodreads we meet so many different and exciting authors we may never had read before and get the chance to read their writing. I feel blessed ( corny I know, but true ) to get the opportunity to do that! In this case Jeff Somers and The Digital Plague something I otherwise would not have just picked up. I know now that I have read it, I will h
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Jan 23, 2010
kingshearte
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Jul 21, 2010
Kerry
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This book is plagued (as I'm guessing the series is) by bad language. In a writing class I would call it lazy language. There is a limit to the number of times that the "F" word will have impact. After thay, you might as well be using "very", although very would not get in the way of the story like the "F" word did. I realize that this book is labelled as "noir," but come on. Let's get a little more creative with our language. The main character, Ave
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Oct 10, 2010
Regan
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Sep 04, 2010
Benjamin
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It was just ok. The subject matter sounded more interesting to me than the book and the "science" of the science fiction was interesting enough, but for a sci-fi book about gangsters, I should have loved it and I just thought it was ok. I picked it up at the library because it was on the recommended by librarians shelf and I wish I had known at the time that it was a sequel. Perhaps if I had read the previous book and therefore got some of the exposition that I didn't get in this on
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Feb 28, 2010
Mrs.soule
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Oct 23, 2010
Andy
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The Digital Plague was a perfect follow up to The Electric Church. Avery Cates is a badass in the purest sense and meaning of the word. The future setting and connection to the first novel in the series is pretty flawless, and it is apparent that Somers knew exactly what he was doing and where he was going with the story line.
Taking place several years after TEC, Cates finds himself being injected with something at the very beginning of the book. A few pages later and people are a More...
Taking place several years after TEC, Cates finds himself being injected with something at the very beginning of the book. A few pages later and people are a More...
Mar 01, 2010
Merrin
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I liked this book, because I think the author is interesting and the character of Avery Cates is pretty cool, and this one definitely had a lot more interest from the very beginning than the first one did. With an attempt to not spoil anyone who hasn't read it yet, I'm just INCREDIBLY annoyed at the outcome for all the peripheral characters we got to know in the first book.
I'm going to read the next one, I've already checked it out from the store, I'm just kind of disappointed. Aver More...
I'm going to read the next one, I've already checked it out from the store, I'm just kind of disappointed. Aver More...
Jan 23, 2010
Sarah
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One of the difficulties with checking out books from the library is following series. Either they don't have all of them or the old ones and the new ones are shelved in different places. Take for instance, The Digital Plague by Jeff Somers. It's the second book of a four part (as of 2009 / 2010) series featuring Avery Cates. My library happens to have books one, The Electric Church and two, The Digital Plague. Unfortunately they are shelved halfway across the library from each other as one is in
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Oct 01, 2008
Scout
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Sequel to The Electric Church. Probably half a star less good than the first, but only because it feels like Somers had to stretch a bit to connect this one to the last.
In the opening chapters it seemed like he'd jettisoned the events of the first book and taken this in a new direction, which was disappointing. But then, just as I was getting accustomed to the fact that we were headed somewhere else, things tied back to the action of the prior book, and I sort of felt gypped.
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In the opening chapters it seemed like he'd jettisoned the events of the first book and taken this in a new direction, which was disappointing. But then, just as I was getting accustomed to the fact that we were headed somewhere else, things tied back to the action of the prior book, and I sort of felt gypped.
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Sep 26, 2008
Nick
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After destroying THE ELECTRIC CHURCH in his first adventure, anti-hero Avery Cates returns in Somers' second installment of this dark, gritty scifi series.
Someone injects Cates with a mysterious substance--the same substance that has begun to kill off others like a mix of cancer and ebola. With the help of some new "System Pigs" (a.k.a. the police) and a super-nerdy "techie," Cates learns he has been selected as the host to a DIGITAL PLAGUE, i.e. cell-sized nanob More...
Someone injects Cates with a mysterious substance--the same substance that has begun to kill off others like a mix of cancer and ebola. With the help of some new "System Pigs" (a.k.a. the police) and a super-nerdy "techie," Cates learns he has been selected as the host to a DIGITAL PLAGUE, i.e. cell-sized nanob More...
Oct 18, 2008
Tez
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Jun 11, 2008
Terry
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This books follows Jeff Sommers Previous book "The Electric Church" and takes place several years after it. This book still has plenty of gun fight and dirty action sequences as the first book. Which helps keep the pace of the book going. Jeff Sommers adds a lot of different twist and turns that can really keep you on the edge. He never takes you were you thought you were going. My only real criticism is that some of the action and some of the location are a little to over the top
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Jul 24, 2010
Les
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The Digital Plague by Jeff Somers starts off with a bang, and never lets up. As Avery Cates says, "I was going to have to kill a whole lot of people." And he does.
This is a wonderful future-noir science-fiction action book. The pace is relentless and exciting through the entire book. Nano-bots are exterminating the human race and Avery Cates is the only one who can stop them.
This is the second book in the Avery Cates series, which I won on GoodReads First Read More...
This is a wonderful future-noir science-fiction action book. The pace is relentless and exciting through the entire book. Nano-bots are exterminating the human race and Avery Cates is the only one who can stop them.
This is the second book in the Avery Cates series, which I won on GoodReads First Read More...
Aug 04, 2011
This book would make a great sci-fi / action movie. The descriptive writing is great, though a bit too gory for my taste. I would not recommend jumping into this series partway (as I did). I felt like I was missing out on a lot of background since I had not read the first Avery Cates novel. It took awhile to orient myself to the circumstances Cates was living in. I was very surprised by the drama in the first few chapters, and Somers definitely got my attention.
Aug 11, 2010
Jona
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I won this book on Goodreads Firstreads!
Avery Cates "the gweat and tewwible" as he puts it, is a gunner. A killer for hire, and he's good at his job. One of the best. But everyone around him is getting sick and dieing... everyone except him. So now the cold blooded killer has to put his skills to use to try to save mankind from extinction. Maybe he has a heart after all.
I would have given this book 4 stars had it not been for the gratuitous cursing througho More...
Avery Cates "the gweat and tewwible" as he puts it, is a gunner. A killer for hire, and he's good at his job. One of the best. But everyone around him is getting sick and dieing... everyone except him. So now the cold blooded killer has to put his skills to use to try to save mankind from extinction. Maybe he has a heart after all.
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May 10, 2009
Evilsquirrel
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This is a great follow up to The Electric Church. The character development that I felt was thin in the past book is corrected here. The main character develops nicely, the story arc is solid although has some lulls and the overall image it trys to portray is an interesting one. This book made me re-read the first book and I had a better experience with it. Good work Mr. Somers now put down the scotch and lets see that 3rd book eh?
Apr 01, 2010
Barrett
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Gods do i love this man's Avery Cotes books!!! I was so happy when I got this book I treated it like gold and actually kissed the cover more than once. I am never able to predict what will happen (which is rare), the author will kill any character at all without warning, the action never stops, and I can never put it down until I am finished. Along with The Electric Church, the other Sommers book, this is one of my favorite all time books. It may be because the anti-hero goes through so much
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Dec 11, 2011
Matt
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Good, entertaining, dystopian-future, read. It's rather violent, though, and Cates is going to have a heck of a headache tomorrow. But good news, it appears they still use the F-word in the future. Quite a bit in fact! ***spoiler*** Seems like Somers waited too long to introduce the zombie aspect. It felt last minute....
Jul 22, 2010
Greg
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Non-stop action from start to finish. I'm not much of a futuristic techno reader, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Might want to read the Electric Church first to have a better understanding of previous events that are referenced in this story. I won this book off the Goodreads book site and I'm glad I put in for it!!
Jul 30, 2011
Sherry
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I had almost as much fun with this one as with the Electric Church. It is a really fun read. It isn't going to win any awards for originality,but I knew that going in. It was another "kick ass and take no prisoners" kind of adventure story. A lot of fun, fast paced, wise cracks, lots of action. Well worth your time if you just want a good, entertaining story.
Sep 09, 2011
Jeanne
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I skimmed the first book because of the language and did the same here. A little profanity adds effect. Tons of it sounds like street trash. I was sucked into the world Somers created enough in book #1 to want to know what happened so I read it quickly. I imagine I'll do the same with book #3.
Jul 20, 2010
Timothy
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The picture on the front was good, the character on the front cover fir into the scenes in the book. The book has a decent amount of suspence. I think the book is decent and for anyone that like suspence, then this is the book for them.
i received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
i received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
Dec 07, 2011
Jason
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This sequel to The Electric Church is set 5 years later with the same character. the super-thug Avery Cates being set down a punishing trail of murder and intrigue to find the source of - you guessed it - the digital plague that someone has set loose to destroy the world, and possibly remake it. Somers somehow packs the book full of future trash and dystopia, violence and cool sci-fi. It's like reading Conan shoved into a William Gibson cyber-punk novel. My only problem with the book was that
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Mar 22, 2010
Steven
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Not as good as the first one, this mainly suffers from my inability to read it more than a few pages at the time. I'll just say if you liked the first one, you'll probably like this one, but not as much. The writing is still great, I just found it very difficult to be much invested in the story itself- which seemed entirely too familiar, in terms of general plot. I'll probably give the third book a read when i see it, though i'll not be in any rush.
Mar 20, 2009
Chuck
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I liked Electric Church but felt Somers had potential that wasn't realized in his first book. In Digital Plague I think he improved his style a lot. This book kept the action of the first, but improved on character development and interaction.
For instance in Electric Church Somers told you that Cates was old (at 27), but in Digital Plague you feel how old and tired Cates is. I am really looking forward to his next book Eternal Prison.
For instance in Electric Church Somers told you that Cates was old (at 27), but in Digital Plague you feel how old and tired Cates is. I am really looking forward to his next book Eternal Prison.
