Scott Sigler is one of the New York Times bestselling author from America, who likes to write his novels based on the science fiction and horror genres. He was born as Scott Carl Sigler in Cheboygan, Michigan, The United States. Other than being an author, he is an avid podcaster. Throughout his writing career, author Sigler has written a total of 15 novels, 6 novellas, and few dozens of short stories. Most of his written works are published by two of the famous publishing houses named, Del Rey Books and Crown Publishing. In the year 2005, author Sigler built one of the largest online following after releasing the Audiobooks of his novels in the form of serialized podcasts. Even after a decade into his writing career, author Sigler gives away all his stories for free. He posts the Audiobooks of his novels at a scheduled time every Sunday on his personal website.
The loyal fans and readers of author Sigler, who refer themselves as the ‘Junkies’ have gone on to download more than 35 million episodes of his Audiobooks from his website. The success of author Sigler as one of the prominent authors as allowed him to get covered by a number of literary magazines such as the Time Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the Wired, the Entertainment Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, io9, Fangoria, and the Business Week. Other than working as a writer, author Sigler has co-founded a company called as Empty Set Entertainment. This company looks after the publications of author Sigler’s young adult series called as the Galactic Football League. As of today, author Scott Sigler lives in San Diego, California, The United States, along with his pet dog named Reesie. He considers himself to be one of the die hard fans of the Detroit Lions, along with his dog as well.
One of the most successful novel series written by author Scott Sigler is titled as ‘Infected’. This series consists of a total of 3 books published between the years 2008 and 2014. The first novel of this series was published under the title ‘Infected’. It was released by the Crown publishing house in the year 2008. The plot of this novel is set in The United States and revolves around the happenings in the lives of the main characters named Dew Phillips, Margaret Montoya, Perry Dawsey, etc. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, it is shown that the ordinary people across the whole of America are getting turned into paranoid and raving murderers because of a mysterious disease. Due to this, the infected people are committing brutal horrors on the strangers, their families, as well as on themselves. In the meantime, Dew Phillips gets introduced as a CIA operative, working for the government secretly. He makes several attempts across the country for catching a live victim.
CDC Epidemiologist Margaret Montoya keeps decomposing the corpses of the infected person with the intention of getting any clues. She races for the analysis of the science behind the deadly contagion. Later, Margaret Montoya finds that all the infected killers have a common thing in them, that is all of them have been infected by a parasite with the help of Bioengineering, which proved to be far beyond the limits of the science known to humans. In the meantime, a former football superstar and a current desk jockey named Perry Dawsey rises one morning to discover several welts have grown on his body mysteriously. After a little while, he begins to think and act strangely, and also hears some strange voices. All these things proved that he was infected. Now, the fate of the human race seems to depend on the war that Perry Dawsey is required to fight against his own body. Later, the tests show that the parasites present inside the body of Perry Dawsey want something more from him than just committing murders. The deadly parasites make him do much more than all the other infected persons were forced to do.
The second novel of the Infected series written by author Scott Sigler was published under the title ‘Contagious’. It was released by the Crown publishing house in the year 2008. The plot of this novel is also set in The United States of America and it continues to revolve around the happenings in the lives of the main characters named Dew Phillips, Perry Dawsey, and Margaret Montoya. This novel depicts an exhilarating secret battle of the humans against a deadly enemy, as described by author Sigler. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, it is shown that a mysterious pathogen has been transforming the ordinary people into psychopaths and raging killer all over America. The infected people seem to be under the influence of an alien agenda. The human race tries to counteract the mysterious disease, but after each and every battle, it becomes stronger by adapting and responding with the help of sophisticated strategies and thereby fooling the human race. The only explanation to the problem seems that the deadly epidemic is governed by a form of malevolent intelligence. In order to fight against this threat, a small group is formed secretly. The members of this secret group include Dew Phillips and Margaret Montoya, who decide to use the infected former football player named Perry Dawsey for their research study, in order to find some possible solution against the deadly pathogen.
Perry seems to possess the ability to help locate the hosts of the disease. With his unpredictable and violent nature, he becomes both the best hope the country as well as its terrifying liability. A CIA veteran named Dew Phillips is required to find a connection to himself in order to deal with the adaptable opponent. He is helped by Margaret Montoya, a dedicated and brilliant epidemiologist trying to find a cure for the epidemic. All three of them along with their hardworking team have kept the of humanity alive. But, things become more complicated and deadlier when the pursuers of the pathogen come to know that it has contagious, thereby triggering the countdown towards Armageddon in a speedy manner. In the meantime, several other enemies join the battle against the human race, posing more threat. The novel became successful in catapulting the readers all over the world into a world where the lifespan of humans is counted in hours. Author Sigler has also described the desperate times in which the president hovers his fingers over the nuclear control. In the end, the novel proved to be extremely successful because of its jaw dropping action sequences and breathtaking terror. This way, author Sigler became a rising star with his grand work of horror, science, and suspense presented in the novel.
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