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Z-Factor #1
How I Started the Zombie Apocalpyse: The Confession of Dr. David Kohlberg
CNN Exclusive Z-Factor Update: Breaking News
Dr. Benjamin Lieber of Georgetown University revealed he just received important new intelligence about the sudden global outbreak of the new virus known as Z-Factor. He is the grandson of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Benjamin Lieber who died yesterday in Tel Aviv. He is also the nephew of Dr. David Kohlberg who died in Tel Aviv early this morning. CNN will interview Dr. Lieber at 7 pm EST.
Short story. 10,000 words.
Dr. Benjamin Lieber of Georgetown University revealed he just received important new intelligence about the sudden global outbreak of the new virus known as Z-Factor. He is the grandson of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Benjamin Lieber who died yesterday in Tel Aviv. He is also the nephew of Dr. David Kohlberg who died in Tel Aviv early this morning. CNN will interview Dr. Lieber at 7 pm EST.
Short story. 10,000 words.
- GenresZombies
64 pages, Paperback
Published December 16, 2015
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About the author
Michael K. Clancy
10Ìýbooks4ÌýfollowersPen name of author Janet Tavakoli
Michael K. Clancy is author Janet Tavakoli's pen name for her gripping Zombie Apocalypse novels. This acclaimed science fiction series chronicles humanity's struggle against a devastating virus that raises the dead, blending military strategy, virology, and pulse-pounding action in terrifyingly plausible scenarios.
Using her real name, Janet Tavakoli also wrote the financial murder mystery Archangels: Rise of the Jesuits, which Publisher's Weekly called "conspiracies within conspiracies, a fast-paced thriller."
Janet Tavakoli's background in chemical engineering and MBA in finance from the University of Chicago's Booth Graduate School of Business inform her meticulous research and attention to scientific detail, making her post-apocalyptic narratives chillingly realistic.
Read more about Janet Tavakoli's science fiction and thriller novels at: .
Michael K. Clancy is author Janet Tavakoli's pen name for her gripping Zombie Apocalypse novels. This acclaimed science fiction series chronicles humanity's struggle against a devastating virus that raises the dead, blending military strategy, virology, and pulse-pounding action in terrifyingly plausible scenarios.
Using her real name, Janet Tavakoli also wrote the financial murder mystery Archangels: Rise of the Jesuits, which Publisher's Weekly called "conspiracies within conspiracies, a fast-paced thriller."
Janet Tavakoli's background in chemical engineering and MBA in finance from the University of Chicago's Booth Graduate School of Business inform her meticulous research and attention to scientific detail, making her post-apocalyptic narratives chillingly realistic.
Read more about Janet Tavakoli's science fiction and thriller novels at: .
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January 7, 2022
The story was okay, but written kind of dumbed down, since it was mainly about an epidemiologist, and did not use appropriate (believable) terminology. For example, the story referenced an “airtight lab�. I would have said a BSL 4 facility instead. Etc, etc.
February 23, 2021
Liked the book a lot. I like good Zombie books and this was one of them.
July 30, 2021
A self confession about how a couple of mistakes started a zombie invasion. It started as a cure for the flu.
May 15, 2022
This novella is a great read and is actually the 1st part of Zombie Apocalypse: The Origin so see my review there.
May 21, 2024
slow start but gets better
This is an interesting book, once it gets going. Slow to start with all the background information needed. Quick
Read.
This is an interesting book, once it gets going. Slow to start with all the background information needed. Quick
Read.
December 25, 2015
Good story but it does not grab and compress your attention
With the current popularity of zombie stories, one more must have something unique and significant about it if it is be more than just one more zombie story. In this case, it is just one more story based on the zombie plot device.
The main character and the author of the confession is a brilliant medical researcher that was a Jew that grew up in Poland before World War II. Hearing of the growing persecution of Jews in Germany and the emerging threat of war, Kohlberg leaves the others behind and moves into the Soviet Union. This makes him safe when Germany invaded Poland and immediately began the first steps in the final solution.
Kohlberg continues to engage in his medical research after Germany invades the Soviet Union, although it is conducted on the front lines, so he is occasionally involved in combat. Using ethically dubious tactics, Kohlberg learns a great deal about virus based diseases and he continues his research in Israel after the war.
He creates an anti-virus virus that is meant to create an acquired immunity to the Ebola virus and the anti-virus is easily spread in aerosol form. The zombie apocalypse is created by mistakes made in the process of releasing the anti-virus. Some of those mistakes are accidental.
If you are a big fan of the zombie stories, you will no doubt love this book. As one that has mixed feelings about them, I found it to be at best average. The writing is not something that will grab and compress your attention, although the story moves quickly and is not dull. It is one where you will not feel cheated if you are suddenly pulled away from reading it.
This book was made available for free for review purposes and this review also appears on Amazon
With the current popularity of zombie stories, one more must have something unique and significant about it if it is be more than just one more zombie story. In this case, it is just one more story based on the zombie plot device.
The main character and the author of the confession is a brilliant medical researcher that was a Jew that grew up in Poland before World War II. Hearing of the growing persecution of Jews in Germany and the emerging threat of war, Kohlberg leaves the others behind and moves into the Soviet Union. This makes him safe when Germany invaded Poland and immediately began the first steps in the final solution.
Kohlberg continues to engage in his medical research after Germany invades the Soviet Union, although it is conducted on the front lines, so he is occasionally involved in combat. Using ethically dubious tactics, Kohlberg learns a great deal about virus based diseases and he continues his research in Israel after the war.
He creates an anti-virus virus that is meant to create an acquired immunity to the Ebola virus and the anti-virus is easily spread in aerosol form. The zombie apocalypse is created by mistakes made in the process of releasing the anti-virus. Some of those mistakes are accidental.
If you are a big fan of the zombie stories, you will no doubt love this book. As one that has mixed feelings about them, I found it to be at best average. The writing is not something that will grab and compress your attention, although the story moves quickly and is not dull. It is one where you will not feel cheated if you are suddenly pulled away from reading it.
This book was made available for free for review purposes and this review also appears on Amazon
December 24, 2015
Interesting
Like the explanation of how the Z outbreak began but would have liked less backstory on Dr Kohlberg and more information on the Russian side.
Like the explanation of how the Z outbreak began but would have liked less backstory on Dr Kohlberg and more information on the Russian side.
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