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Description edit
Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when you've lost as much as he has. But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his... read more
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Characters edit
- Shaun Phillip Mason: Founder, After The End Times blog, former "Irwin"
- Georgia "George" Carolyn Mason: Shaun's adopted sister, deceased (murdered)
- Rebecca "Becks" Atherton: "Irwin", employee of After The End Times blog
- Alaric Kwong: "Newsie", employee of After The End Times blog
- Mahir Gowda: Editor, After The End Times blog
- Magdalene "Maggie" Grace Garcia: "Fictional", employee of After The End Times blog
- Dr. Kelly Connolly: CDC employee
- Dave Novakowski: "Irwin", employee of After The End Times blog
- Dr. Joseph Wynne: Head, Memphis TN branch of the CDC
- Dr. Joseph Shojji: Underground virologist living in HI
- Director Swenson: Head, Portland OR branch of the CDC
- Georgiette "Buffy" Messonier: Deceased (murdered), former "Fictional" and computer whiz of After The End Times blog
- General Tate: Former running mate of Senator Ryman (now President Ryman), committed suicide by intentionally infecting himself with Kellis-Amberlee to avoid treason charges
- Dr. Shannon Abbey: Formerly of the CDC, now working underground
- President Ryman: After The End Times bloggers were invited in Book 1 (Feed) to follow his campaign
Setting & Locations edit
- Portland
- Memphis
- Oakland
- California
- London
- India
- Kansas
- Florida
- Tennessee
- Alaska
- Canada
- Santa Cruz
- Nevada
First Sentence edit
Our story opens where countless stories have ended in the last twenty-seven years: with an idiot—in this case, Rebecca Atherton, head of the After the End Times Irwins, winner of the Golden Steve-o Award for valor in the face of the undead—deciding it would be a good idea to go out and poke a zombie with a stick to see what happens.
Table of Contents edit
Book One - Point of Infection
Chapters 1 - 5
Book Two - Vectors and Victims
Chapters 6 - 10
Book Three - The Mourning Edition
Chapters 11 - 17
Book Four - Immunological Memory
Chapters 18 - 22
Book Five - The Rising
Chapters 23 - 26
Coda: Living For You
Chapter 27
Acknowledgements
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 4 in Newsflesh. (standard series)
Preceded by Feed, and followed by Blackout.
This book is in 2011 Locus Recommended Reading List: Science Fiction. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mira Grant (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Orbit
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0316081061
Page Count: 624
Publisher: Orbit
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0316081061
Page Count: 624
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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