Near the end of this volume there's a character introduced with the name of Dr Kimberley. Or have heard someone speak with the accent. If someone is being paid to narrate in an accent they should maybe get some coaching. It's not an accent I can do myself so fair enough, messed with my suspension of disbelief though. The female narrator's attempt at a posh English accent was pretty distracting but I've heard worse. Really distracting accents from one narrator I think it’s time to start the series all over again! I started this at 4 am on a Tuesday morning (traveling for work) and I finished it at 4:30 pm on Friday (I drive a lot for work) it’s left me craving more. Aside from one annoying voiceover I really enjoyed my return to the series. I recommend having read the original trilogy to truly understand the cast and how the story fits into the newsflesh world but can easily be enjoyed as a stand-alone book especially countdown which is shockingly believable, tragic and exciting. Characters are believable and portrayed very well by all narrators, aside from one character, Dr Kimberly, the supposed Welsh Dr sounded more like a blend of Scottish, Jamaican and Russian I found a little irritating but having such a small part in coming to you live I was able to endure for the benefit of the story. I have read the full series and most of the stories in the rising (aside from don’t taunt the octopus, pretty little horses and coming to you live) but it was a welcome catch up re living the books I have already enjoyed. And only the brave, the determined, or the very stupid, venture out into the wild.Īs a huge fan of the Newsflesh series so far I was excited to have all the novellas in one place. No one leaves their houses and entire swaths of the country have been abandoned. Mira Grant creates a chilling portrait of an America paralyzed with fear. The infection spread, a man-made virus taking over bodies and minds, filling them with one, unstoppable command.feed. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. Collected here for the first time is every piece of short fiction from New York Times best seller Mira Grant's acclaimed Newsflesh series, with two new never-before published novellas and all eight short works available for the first time.