Devoured (The Hunger #1) - FREE

Jason Brant

Aug 2014 · The Hunger Book 1 · Jason Brant

About this ebook

Day One: A series of terrorist attacks spread a cloud of noxious gas over highly populated areas.

Day Two: Higher brain function erodes in those exposed to the gas. Their bodies begin to distort, faces distending, skin sallowing, teeth elongating.

Day Three: The infected disappear into the shadows, fleeing the harsh daylight which has begun to sear their flesh.

Day Four: The world is DEVOURED. 

Life isn’t kind to Lance York. A full-time job has eluded him for years, his wife loathes the sight of him, his bank accounts are empty, and his wealthy father-in-law revels in his failures. 

After he lunges in front of a car to save a sick and disoriented woman, Lance awakens in a quarantined hospital. A devastating plague is spreading worldwide, driving those infected with it insane. Their bodies begin to mutate into horrors that have haunted mankind’s nightmares for centuries. 

The world descends into chaos as the infected flee to the shadows, emerging at night to devour the remnants of civilization. 

With the help of an unlikely ally, Lance must navigate through the collapsing city of Pittsburgh, striving to escape the madness of the apocalypse that unfolds around them.

Reviews for The Hunger:

“...zombie like creatures that shy away from the sun and ravage at night” 

“My thought was “Zombie vampires?”, but it gets worse.” 

“Full of interesting characters, humor, survival, and the end of the word as we know it” 

“Dystopian fiction with nonstop action, horror, humor, and suspense” 

“it creates a very realistic apocalyptic situation.” 

“the best free post apocalyptic fiction” 

“The story really gets interesting when Lance meets a sassy, strong female”

“I've read several free zombie books and this is the best one”

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Ratings and reviews

If your plot is so implausible that you have to lampshade it in every chapter, maybe it doesn't work. Main character is unlikeable, but not in a anti hero sort of way, more in a LaMOE survivalist kind of way. All over the place as a sketchy character study and a clumsy horror survival. I am honestly shocked this was published, check reddit/writingprompts for endless better writing. Not worth free download as now I get recommended books that people who like this book would like.

In the mood for a new apocalyptic thriller, this one was a pleasant surprise. I hear great things about Jason Brant, and am glad to feel it was warranted. The story introduces us to a likable hero who is dealing with the end of his marriage, depressed over his career failures and husband failures, when his willingness to stick his neck out for someone in need puts him in the center of a violent outbreak. I enjoyed getting to know him and the heroine who will join his side. The action is strongly written, and the plot kept me surprised. I'm eager to continue the series. There is plenty of ground left to cover!

The ending sucked horribly . It ended like a low budget movie or like the author ran out of exciting things to write. I would have liked for them to maybe have seen their destination in the horizon and wondered if its safe . As the got off the boat saw signs of death around them wondering if the walked into a more horrifying situation . That type of ending would have made me want to read Consume. Now I'm like hmm that ending prob suck too and then what's next exc.

About the author

"JASON BRANT" is an anagram for Bas Trojann, a former Bigfoot hunter who, after being abducted (and subsequently returned) by aliens, decided to hang up his ghillie suit and enter the world of professional arm wrestling. Despite back-to-back first place finishes in the South Dakota World Championship League, Bas receded from athletics to invent cheese and give Al Gore the initiative to create the internet.

Nearly a decade after writing the bestselling self-help series, Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese (Cut into Four Pieces) for the Soul, Bas has left his life of notoriety and critical acclaim behind him to write existential, erotic poetry.

His wife washes their clothing on his abs.

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