The plot for this story is decent enough. I love a good thriller and when it’s set in space, that gives it something extra I really enjoy. This might be getting more popular in YA lit and I’m quite happy with that. I liked that Contagion is a mix between the sci-fi and the thriller genre. I also like the colors and think this is an attractive cover for sure. I think this is a really cool cover that fits the story so so well! You don’t realize it when looking at it at first but this cover is pretty clever. So let’s take a look to see if I liked this one! It got in usĪfter receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is dispatched to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.īut when the crew arrives, they find an abandoned site, littered with rotten food, discarded weapons…and dead bodies.Īs they try to piece together who-or what-could have decimated an entire operation, they discover that some things are best left buried-and some monsters are only too ready to awaken. Since it was available as audiobook, I decided to go that route.

I was already interested in this story when reading the synopsis a while ago, but when a friend told us how amazing the audiobook was I knew I had to pick it up. As you know Candyce and I both participated in a Spook-a-thon, and for one of the challenges I read Contagion by Erin Bowman. I absolutely loved this layered and thrilling adventure and can’t wait to dive back into this world again.October is a month for spooky, supernatural or creepy books. Read this one with the lights on!”-Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe series and Star Wars: Rebel Rising“Erin Bowman’s Contagion is everything I want in my science fiction: a cast of smart characters on a desperate rescue mission forced to confront an elusive and unstoppable enemy.

As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried-and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.ADVANCE PRAISE FOR CONTAGION:“Gripping, thrilling and terrifying in equal measures, Contagion is the perfect intersection of science fiction and horror-I couldn’t look away.”-Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae and Unearthed“Few understand the true horror that lies in the empty unknown of space, but Erin Bowman nails it in Contagion. Perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux, Jonathan Maberry, and horror films like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil, this pulse-pounding, hair-raising, utterly terrifying novel is the first in a duology from the critically acclaimed author of the Taken trilogy.After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project-including its members’ dead bodies.

Contagion by erin bowman