Once Bitten, Twice Die: Volume 1 (The Blood of the Infected) - Softcover

Stanton, Antony J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993428509 ISBN 13: 9780993428500

Publisher: Antony J. Stanton, 2015

Synopsis

A rushed, inadequately tested drug to cure dementia fails, leaving patients crazed, infectious and enraged. The carnage spreads and quickly decimates society. On London’s outskirts some survivors, led by reluctant leader Captain Lewis, must battle the infected, but their troubles have only just begun... An ancient vampire menace has long existed in secret, and now's their time to emerge from the shadows. Some of them view the survivors with hungry eyes, although they have their own problems and simmering hostilities to overcome. Whilst facing insubordination among his troops, Captain Lewis must quicky decide: is the enemy of my enemy my friend? Or should I totally annihilate them both? Should they risk their lives to find a vaccine and save humanity? And at what price survival?

From best-selling author, Antony J. Stanton, comes the first book of the gothic, post-apocalyptic thrillogy, set to be adapted for TV. Critics are using words such as “incredible plot twist”, "totally realistic" and “a cracking read”. “A knockout first book, very unpredictable. An exciting, new angle on a well-loved genre." - T.Teodorczuk, Evening Standard, London.

Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or should I totally annihilate them both? Sometimes you gotta pick a side. But sometimes you don't get a choice!

"This is not my normal genre, yet I found myself utterly engrossed. I was done in 2 days." - Elise L - Amazon.co.uk customer.
A cracking book, a must read for any fans of the zombie/vampire genre."- Rob H. - Amazon customer.

In an uncertain world only one thing is for sure - there WILL be blood! First in a best-selling thrillogy of post-apocalyptic page-turners with a level of realism that’s second to none. Planned for imminent TV adaptation; set to become the 'Next Big Thing'.

About this title

About the Author

"Once Bitten, Twice Die" is the bestselling debut novel from Antony J. Stanton, the first book in the award-winnning 'Blood of the Infected' series. Stanton was born in London in 1970. Even as a child he dreamed of being a published author. But, having watched the film ‘Top Gun,’ he was swayed into a becoming a military pilot. After no more than a glancing-blow of a career in the British Royal Air Force he decided that his long-term future lay elsewhere and became a commercial pilot, and he remains thus to this day. Hence much of this trilogy was written all around the world, generally at unsociable times when normal people were asleep. Prompted by the death of his mother to early onset dementia, he wrote these novels. His period in the RAF helped him write the military aspects of this book. A kidnapping incident in Kazakhstan, a shooting in Ghana and being struck by lightning, amongst other 'adventures', provided him with a dark well of experience to draw from. His period in the RAF helped him write the military aspects of this book, and a kidnapping incident in Kazakhstan and shooting in Ghana, amongst other 'adventures', provided him with a dark well of experience to draw from. Stanton has been a fire-eater, travelled throughout India on the roof of a bus, seen a pig being sacrificed in an opium-den voodoo ceremony in Laos, and accidentally took laxative pills at Everest Base Camp. However he still lives in London and is very much looking forward to watching the Hollywood TV adaptation of the trilogy, set to be filmed later this year. You heard it hear first, folks! Best you read the books before everyone else does...

Edition details

• Publisher: Antony J. Stanton
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993428509
• ISBN 13: 9780993428500
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 389