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Fever

by Deon Meyer
Will Damron
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Nico Storm and his father, Willem, drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in the world, as far as they know, to have survived a devastating virus that has swept over the planet. Their lives turned upside down, Nico realizes that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father's protector, even though he is still only a boy. Willem Storm, though not a fighter, is both a thinker and a leader, a wise and compassionate man with a vision for a new community that survivors will rebuild from the ruins. And so Amanzi is founded, drawing Storm's "homeless and tempest-tost"-starting with Melinda Swanevelder, whom they rescue from brutal thugs; Hennie Fly, with his vital Cessna plane; Beryl Fortuin and her ragtag group of orphans; and Domingo, the man with the tattooed hand, whom Nico immediately recognizes as someone you want on your side. And then Sofia Bergman arrives, the most beautiful girl Nico has ever seen, who changes everything. So the community grows, and with each step forward, as resources increase, so do the challenges they must face-not just from the attacks of biker brigands, but also from within. Nico undergoes an extraordinary rite of passage in this brand-new world, testing his loyalty to the limits.

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  • Release date

    September 5, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781681689678
      • File size: 547900 KB
      • Duration: 19:01:27

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 10, 2017
      Meyer (Trackers) neatly integrates a whodunit into a sophisticated postapocalyptic thriller set in South Africa. In the near future, a new strain of coronavirus that developed from a chance interaction between an HIV-positive man and a sick bat has wiped out 95% of the Earth’s population in just a few months. In a brief, ominous prologue, narrator Nico Storm promises to reveal the truth about the murder of his father, Willem, who’s introduced in a flashback set after the plague struck, when Nico was a teenager. An encounter with some vicious feral dogs almost ends Willem’s life, but he survives, and he and Nico make their way to the town of Vanderkloof, which Willem, who used to be a geographer and a judge, hopes to make the center of a new beginning for humanity. Willem’s tireless efforts are clouded by the reader’s knowledge of how things will end for him, and Meyer effectively teases his ultimate reveal. Thoughtful character development complements the clever storytelling. Agent: Richard Pine, Inkwell Management.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A father and a son create a community in which everyone is a pioneer, for better or worse, after a virus kills 90 percent of the world's population. Narrator Will Damron employs an array of voices for the residents of the benevolent community created by Willem Storm. Storm's son, Nico, gives the first-person account. Damron uses a consistently deep voice for Domingo, a stern, mysterious leader. He brings fire and brimstone to an evangelical pastor. And he uses a clipped, slightly British accent for a woman with critical engineering skills. He also handles secondary characters wonderfully--from a pilot who is a bit nasally to a scared little boy. Kudos to the author for focusing on survival skills without zombies, and to a narrator who pays attention to character development. M.B. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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