Review: “Infected” by Scott Sigler

Infected
By Scott Sigler
Published by Three Rivers Press / Random House

Scott Sigler’s invasion horror novel “Infected” combines ideas from Parasite Rex, delusional parasitosis (and Morgellons), Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Cronenberg’s old body horror flicks, and, uh… I guess a medical thriller? An otherworldly invasion launches its first wave against humanity by sending out tiny parasitic creatures that take up home within a human host’s body, then quickly grow and take over the person’s willpower, turning him or her into an insane killer. Luckily that doesn’t last for long; unluckily, it ends when the creatures kill the host and erupt forth in as grotesque a manner as you can imagine.

The lead character, Perry Dawsey, is an ex-footbal player who has anger management issues, and when he realizes that there’s something else living in his body, he fights back. With a knife, usually. Okay, think about that for a moment: he fights back against the parasites in his own body with a knife.

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March 11, 2010 | Filed Under Alien, Books & Writing, Reviews | Comments 

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