Infection by Scott Sigler.

This was a rip-roaring fun read. It's sci-fi horror that is based largely in Michigan , where the author is from. It's a twist on the alien invasion novel with very hard science. There's nothing supernatural here.

What if something from beyond invaded our bodies and starting using our own fascinating collection of bacteria, mites and cellular organisms against us?

It has an obvious debt to The Andromeda Strain, Stephen King's I am The Doorway, and the David Cronenberg movie They Came From Within (Shivers).

Sigler obviously had a lot of fun writing this book, which he originally delivered as a podcast. Highly recommended-gory but offers legitimate surprises and strong characters. I finished it in 4 days; it was a real page turner.


"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungleā€”as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.