The Infected Trilogy

The United States government is distributing an inoculant to protect people against the coming infection, but are people willing to take it? Will they believe, and will they believe in time to make a difference? Margaret Montoya’s transformation reaches a critical phase, and in the Situation Room of the White House, Murray Longworth is a witness to the pending disaster.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Dr. Tim Feely discovered that he could pinpoint infection outbreaks by looking for statistical spikes in the consumption of cough drops and other medications that treated the pathogen’s symptoms. While that worked in the small population of the Operation Wolf’s Head task force, he’s waiting to see how his model works with the population of the United States. SEAL team commander Paulius Klimas was forced to name one of his own as a subject of an inoculation experiment and will soon learn of the results of that experiment. And, In Chicago, Steve Stanton, Cooper Mitchell, and Jeff Brockman partied till the wee hours of the morning, celebrating a job well done. They will awake to a world that has already begun to change.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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The Mary Ellen Moffet has reached Chicago and brought with it a cargo of pending death. Back on Lake Michigan, Margaret Montoya is also caught up in a swirl of doom that threatens to drag her into hell. Her hallucinations of Perry Daswey are nightmares growing in urgency and intensity. Murray Longworth has become the President’s go-to man for this crisis — will proximity to the leader of the free world be enough for him to change the course of history? And Tim Feely might be the last person on the planet who can stop this carnage from happening.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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The Mary Ellen Moffet collected the piece of the Orbital, and in doing so, her crew was infected. Cooper, Jeff, Jose, Bo Pan, and Steve Stanton have all been exposed, and now are about to disembark in Chicago. Bo Pan is expecting Steve Stanton to deliver his data to the Chinese government, but Steve is terrified of what will happen to him after he does.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Margaret is having vivid dreams bordering on hallucinations about one Scary Perry Dawsey. He’s talking to her in these dreams, but what is he trying to communicate to her? Bo Pan, the Chinese agent directing Steve Stanton, is still on the Mary Ellen Moffet as it steams toward Chicago. And way back in Book II, CONTAGIOUS, Margaret and Clarence Otto had a run-in with Dr. Cheng that turned into a power struggle. Margaret won that battle, but who will win this time?

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Steve Stanton’s robot submersible, the Platypus, went to the depths of Lake Michigan to retrieve part of the Orbital, but did it accidentally bring something else up with it? SEAL Commander Paulius Klimas and his team rescued Margaret Montaya from the pitched battle on the surface of Lake Michigan, but her ordeal is not over yet — she was exposed, and as such, she must be tested.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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When the Los Angeles attacked the Operation Wolf’s Head task force, hundreds of sailors died — and SEAL team commander Paulius Kilmas was ordered to stand by and watch, to not help in any way. Has the opportunity for him to become a player in this scenario finally arrived? Meanwhile, the Mary Ellen Moffet steams toward Chicago. Cooper Mitchell will finally be rid of Steve Stanton, Bo Pan, and the material recovered from the Los Angeles. The pending doom floating on Lake Michigan finally comes to a head…carnage abounds.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Aboard the Mary Ellen Moffet, Cooper Mitchell is close to completing the job for Steve Stanton and Bo Pan — the robot submersible Platypus is returning from the wreck of the Los Angeles, and it carries with it a piece of the Orbital.  If the Moffet can collect the robot and the piece of Orbital, then the job is done. On board the Carl Brashears, Conroy Austin is unconscious as his body slowly changes into something else, something not human. And Tim Feely’s data-mining work is about to produce some very disturbing results.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Orin Nagy’s rampage resulted in three more infected sailors. They are contained in the BSL-4 chambers on the USS Carl Brashears, but the new cases show the vector hovers on the edge of uncontrollable. Tim Feely’s yeast-based inoculant nears completion, but how will he test it as a defense against the infection? Meanwhile, Steve Stanton awaits contact from his robot submersible, the Platypus, knowing that if he doesn’t get a signal soon, Bo Pan might execute him.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Margaret Montoya and Tim Feely have been analyzing the infected body of Candice Walker, a crewmember of the Los Angeles, which attacked other ships in the Operation Wolf’s Head task force. They assumed Candice was part of the attacking crew but was there another reason she wound up among the casualties? Meanwhile, Murray Longworth has been tapped as a key advisor to President Blackmon. That relationship will put Murray in the crosshairs of a decision that could lead to World War III.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Margaret Montoya was the person responsible for ordering the nuke strike on Detroit, an act that killed Dew Phillips, Perry Dawsey, and over a hundred thousand people. She’s carried that guilt with her nonstop ever since. Eric Edmund was injured when the submarine Los Angeles attacked the Operation Wolf Head task force. He’s brain dead, and the government has made his body available to Montoya for necessary human experimentation. Chief Petty Officer Orin Nagy, on the other hand, is very alive, very infected, and trying to avoid the cellulose test would show him as positive. Meanwhile, Steve Stanton’s robot the Platypus has closed in on the wreck of the Los Angeles and is waiting for instructions.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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The autopsy and analysis of Candice Walker and Wicked Charlie Petrovsky continue, and, finally, Tim Feely finds a clue that could lead to stopping the infection. Chief Petty Officer Orin Nagy is looking for the opposite of that, for a way to spread the disease. And on the Mary Ellen Moffett, Steve Stanton is about to find out the hard way that Bo Pan is not the doddering old fool he’s pretending to be.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
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Margaret Montoya and Tim Feely are in a race against time to analyze the rapidly decomposing bodies of Wicked Charlie Petrovsky and Candice Walker — but are either of those corpses still infectious? Meanwhile, Clarence Otto’s investigation of the divers who recovered the vector continues. If they were completely sealed up for deep-water work, how did the infection get through to them? And, Chinese operative Bo Pan will give sleeper agent Steve Stanton a rude awakening about the stakes of their mission.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Two divers brought up the remnant from the Los Angeles. One, Cantrel, is not infected, while the other, Clark, just tested positive. They are in BSL4 containment aboard the Carl Brashears, where Tim Feely, Margaret Montoya, and Clarence Otto are working to stop the disease’s spread. While Tim and Margaret analyze the black rot on the disease’s first two victims — Candice Walker and Crazy Charlie Petrovsky — Clarence must talk to Cantrel to find out what went wrong on that fateful dive.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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When the sub Los Angeles went rogue and attacked other ships in the Operation Wolf’s Head task force, there were many dead and many more wounded. US Navy personnel are still trying to process those in need, and they need to check each one for evidence of cellulose, a primary indicator of the disease that turns normal people into killers. The crew of the Mary Ellen Moffet is about to find out that Steve Stanton’s “Platypus” is far more advanced than they thought, and Margaret, Clarence, and Tim Feely are still hard at work trying to analyze the disease. What they find next will shatter their illusions.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
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Margaret and Otto have just arrived on the USS Carl Brashear, a military cargo ship converted to be the biohazard research headquarters of Operation Wolf’s Head, the mission to find and analyze the wreckage of the Orbital.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
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Margaret Montoya and Clarence Otto have been assigned to Operation Wolf’s Head to try and find out what happened to the Los Angeles, a nuclear sub converted to recovering the wreckage of the Orbital, an alien machine that started a deadly plague. Meanwhile, Steve Stanton and Bo Pan are also heading toward the watery grave of the Los Angeles. They are on board the Mary Ellen Moffet, a boat owned by Cooper Mitchell and Jeff Brockman, who have no idea their two passengers are sleeper agents for the Chinese government.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Operation Wolf’s Head was a secret naval task force charged with recovering any wreckage from “the Orbital,” the hostile piece of alien tech responsible for a hideous outbreak that threatened to wipe out humanity. One of the ships in that task force, the nuclear sub, Los Angeles, fired upon and sank other ships before it was itself destroyed.

Two corpses from the Los Angeles tested positive for the infection caused by the Orbital five years earlier. Murray Longworth, head of the Department of Special Threats, assigned Margaret Montoya to that task force in hopes that her extensive knowledge of this contagion could help stop another potential outbreak. Meanwhile, Steve Stanton, a sleeper agent of the Chinese government, was activated by his handler. Steve has been preparing for years, waiting for a chance to find the Orbital’s remains. To make his plan work, he needs to hire a boat to take him out to the location of that battle.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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Margaret Montoya’s life has fallen apart. After saving the world, she’s spent years as the target of endless Internet outrage for her role in the tragedy of Detroit. Her life is in shambles, and she’s become a shut-in, staying in her house to hide away from the world. Her husband, Clarence Otto, was in the process of telling her their marriage was over when he got a call from Murray Longworth, the director of the Department of Special Threats. Now, Murray has come to her house to pay a visit — and it’s not a social call.

• Written by Scott Sigler
• Performed by Phil Gigante
• Produced by Empty Set Entertainment

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In Episode One, we saw the grisly demise of Wicked Charlie Petrovsky, the desperate struggle of Candice Walker, the endless efforts of the Orbital, and the long-term effects of Chelsea Jewell’s “smoochies.” In this episode, we catch up with two survivors of CONTAGIOUS—Margaret Montoya and Clarence Otto. Five years after CONTAGIOUS ended, we see where life has landed these two heroes. We also meet a new character, Steve Stanton, a young engineer whose choices and actions will soon have a worldwide impact.

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Welcome to Episode One of the serial audiobook PANDEMIC, Book III of the INFECTED Trilogy. If you haven’t read the first two books, INFECTED and CONTAGIOUS, do that first! We beseech thee! Get those books in print, as eBooks, or full-length audiobooks by visiting our INFECTED and CONTAGIOUS pages.

Let’s get this party started—the first of forty episodes in a serial audiobook. Get some!

• Written by Scott Sigler
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To some, Doctor Margaret Montoya is a hero — a brilliant scientist who saved the human race from an alien intelligence determined to exterminate all of humanity. To others, she’s a monster—a mass murderer single-handedly responsible for the worst atrocity ever to take place on American soil.

All Margaret knows is that she’s broken. The blood of a million deaths stains her hands. Guilt and nightmares have turned her into a shut-in, too mired in self-hatred to salvage her marriage, let alone be the warrior she once was.

But she is about to be called into action again. Because before the murderous intelligence was destroyed, it launched one last payload — a soda can–sized container filled with deadly microorganisms that make humans feed upon their own kind.

That harmless-looking container has languished a thousand feet below the surface of Lake Michigan, undisturbed and impotent . . . until now.

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You're all done with Season Two of the INFECTED Trilogy. I hope you enjoyed it. The intense, world-crushing end to the trilogy, PANDEMIC, is available in this very podcast feed, with a whopping 40 episodes, all ready, for your fancy little ears.

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Here it is Junkies: the final episode. What happens to Perry? To Dew? To Chelsea and her Mommy? How about General Ogden? Margaret and Clarence? And how about the great city of Detroit?

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The Motor City is once again the murder capital of the world as bullets fly, rockets fire, and corpses stack up like cordwood. General Ogden's men are fighting tooth and nail, extracting a harsh price for every inch of ground lost. Perry attempts to close in on Chelsea, but only minutes remain before her Angels begin pouring through the gate!

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Planes explode, cities burn, guns fire, and blood flies. Chelsea Jewell will not be denied, she is hell-bent on opening the gate and allowing the Angels to come through. But can she stop The Boogeyman, aka Scary Perry Dawsey?

• Written & Performed by Scott Sigler
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The most bizarre interrogation you've ever seen, "the five-second rule," and Dew lays down the law with Margaret. The stage is set for Motor City carnage, the likes of which haven't been seen since the Pistons won back-to-back NBA titles. This episode is for you, Chuck Daley.

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The long, brutal final day of Contagious has begun. It should all be over, right? So why is Perry Dawsey hearing the voices again? And what are the voices telling him to do? Get ready for a shocker.

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A major character moves on to that gridiron in the sky. Margaret Montoya takes charge in Detroit, Dustin Climer spreads the Word of Chelsea and Perry gets his gun. That *can't* be good, can it?

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What do two all-beef patties, legos, ice cream on a stick, and cops all have in common? They are all part of cute little Chelsea's plans for a brighter tomorrow!

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Chelsea talks to her Daddy about meeting Jesus and to her Mommy about the things that need to be done. After addressing her family issues, she sets her sights on getting even with "The Boogeyman." Meanwhile, Dew tries to get Perry to face his fears head-on, and the Orbital realizes that its days of anonymity are finished.

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Margaret Montoya unleashes her frustration on Dew Phillips and Clarence Otto, General Charlie Ogden gets his priorities straight, and the city of Detroit welcomes a new visitor.

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Chelsea reached out to Perry, which stoked the violence at his core. Dustin Climer gets religion, while the Murray vs. Vanessa tension simmers towards a boiling point.

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Our Jerry Springer critic is in seriously bad shape. The hunt is on for Clan Jewell, another power shift shakes up the playing field, and the infected begin flocking to sweet li'l Chelsea.

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Margaret tries to cope with her loss and deal with Betty Jewell's autopsy. Pyromania strikes again, Chelsea searches for someplace with "lots of people," and the evacuation of Gaylord begins.

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Dew, Perry, Baum, and Jens sit down for a friendly meal as they wait for the green light to chase down the Jewell family. Chelsea isn't going to sit and wait for the man to bring her down! But wait, maybe Chelsea won't be the only one in charge anymore.......

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The invasion of Gaylord begins! Chelsea's abilities continue to grow, much to the chagrin of her mother and father. Margaret tries to cope with the Amos situation, and Mister Burkle, the postman, gets a special delivery.

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The story spotlight focuses on Betty Jewell's strange infection as Margaret and Amos operate to save her life. Cheffie's remains meet the efficiency that is the United States Postal Service, and Chelsea's "smoochies" take on a new and sinister meaning.

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Dew exercises questionable judgment when he teaches Perry how to shoot. Betty Jewell is following in the footsteps of her father. The Orbital tries to find a way to stop the Sonofabitch as Chelsea's destiny begins to solidify.

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Cheffie's demise is not pretty. Chelsea talks to her new "imaginary friend." Dew and Margaret finally convince Perry to talk about his ordeal with the triangles. Their hope is that he will shed some light on the origin of the infection.

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Colonel Charlie Ogden deals with the casualties incurred under his campaign against the Hatchlings. Margaret calls an old friend. More people in Gaylord succumb to the seeds while Dew and Perry have a long, drunken conversation.

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The crawlers begin their alteration of the Jewels. Betty and Unkie Donny head home. Will they make it safely? Dew and Perry work things out after their brawl. Perry tries to explain how the voices have changed.

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Perry and Dew finally have it out. Who's going to be the alpha dog? Margaret patches up the defeated man. We get a quick peek at how the Jewel's uninvited guests are affecting them.

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Margo brings Dew room service. Wonder what will happen there? We get to know Chelsea, Betty, and Uncle Donny a bit better. The orbital issues orders to the hidden hatchlings and launches probe 17. The Jewel family receives some unexpected guests.

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Meet the Jewels! What role will this average American family play in our story as events progress? Murray gives Dew a verbal enema. Bob's Breakfast Shack hosts a top-secret briefing in the back room. Perry gives Dew a memorable answer when Dew invites him to join the crew for breakfast.

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Colonel Ogden has put President Gutierez squarely onto the hot seat. Will he stick to the values he ran on or utilize Murray Longworth's specialized talents? Vanessa is disgusted when she learns what Option #4 is. Margaret confirms a major breakthrough in the autopsy room. The master plan of the invasion is revealed!

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Dew discovers Perry at Tad's house; he's not pleased. The $20 bets begin. Margo confronts a somewhat impaired Perry about how he's been "helping out." Colonel Ogden shares his theory about the triangle's feint with Dew. He then exercises the full extent of his authority to target a new construct.

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President Gutierez decides what his protocols regarding the contagion are going to be. Perry Dawsey demonstrates his view of child abusers. Margaret Montoya gets some new toys. The Exterminators try to capture a hatchling alive. What could go wrong?

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Murray Stapleton, the Deputy Director of the CIA, briefs the new president on the current situation. The new commander-in-chief is *not* pleased with the mess his predecessor has left him with. Perry Dawsey and Dew Phillips are working in the field, but not necessarily together.....

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A mysterious pathogen is transforming ordinary Americans into demented killers, psychopaths driven by a terrifying, alien agenda. 

Humanity fights back, yet after every battle, the disease responds and adapts, using sophisticated strategies and brilliant ruses to fool its pursuers. 

The only possible explanation? This epidemic is driven not by evolution, but rather by some malevolent intelligence.

Standing against this unspeakable threat is a small group assembled under the strictest secrecy. 

Hulking former linebacker Perry Dawsey possesses an inexplicable ability to locate the disease’s hosts. 

Violent and unpredictable, Dawsey is the nation’s best hope and a terrifying liability. 

Grizzled CIA veteran Dew Phillips must somehow forge a connection with Perry if they’re going to stand a chance against this highly adaptable opponent. 

Working with them is Margaret Montoya, a brilliant epidemiologist who fights for a cure even as she reels under the weight of endless horrors.

This trio has kept humanity in the game, but when the disease becomes contagious, it triggers a fast countdown to Armageddon. 

Written and narrated by #1 New York Times best-selling horror author Scott Sigler, CONTAGIOUS is Season Two of the INFECTED trilogy. All episodes are available now. Mainline the full story with your favorite podcast app, or for print, eBook, and ad-free audiobook versions, visit scottsigler.com/contagious.

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That's it for Season One of the trilogy. I hope you enjoy Season Two, CONTAGIOUS. All twenty-six episodes of CONTAGIOUS are ready for your ears, as are all forty of Season Three, PANDEMIC, the final season of the INFECTED Trilogy. 

CONTAGIOUS and PANDEMIC should be right in this very feed; just keep on listening.

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Margaret rushes Perry to the hospital in a desperate attempt to keep him alive. Dew lets Murray know that he's going to need backup & transport ASAP. He's heading for "the place."

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Perry's had enough; he's not going to be used as a human incubator. He's a Dawsey, his father taught him discipline! Meanwhile, the government net continues to close in around him.

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Perry witnesses the brutal horror of a hatching, well aware that it's his turn next. Dew gets to see the results of Perry's handiwork and gets a valuable clue as to the triangle's plan.

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Margaret and company head to Perry's apartment, and Dew reports to Murray on the situation there. Perry meets someone else who's been infected with the triangles.

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Al Turner has had enough. Perry can talk to the police now. Perry finds out where "the place" is and that a hatching is imminent.

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Bill Miller finally tracks down Perry Dawsey and finds that his best friend has seen better days. Dew Phillips responds to Perry's internet plea for help, but can he get there before Perry takes off?

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Margaret and Amos hypothesize about what "the arches" might be. Perry looks for help on the internet and gets Murray Longworth involved. Most importantly, it turns out that Perry's triangles are not alone.

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Al Turner, Perry's upstairs neighbor, comes to pay him a visit. Bill Miller continues to try and reach Perry. Why can't everyone just mind their own damn business?!? Meanwhile, Perry's monologue becomes even more bizarre and erratic.

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Bad things continue to happen within Perry's body, and his neighbor can't mind his own business. Margaret and her crew discover the artistic endeavors of another infection victim.

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Margaret, Amos, and Otto discover a new infected victim, and this one isn't playing. Perry continues his intellectual debate with the Starting Five.

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Perry's infection gets a mind and a voice of its own. Meanwhile, Dew finds the remains of Kiet Nguyen and his victims.

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Perry heads for the hospital while Margaret has a showdown with the CDC. Perry goes under the knife.

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Perry deals with the aftermath of his first home surgery. Dew reaches out to his daughter, trying to remember his motivation for doing what needs to be done. Margaret and Amos brace themselves for a sit-down with CIA Deputy Director Murray Longworth.

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Margaret and Amos finish up with the dissolving remains of Martin Brewbaker. They also discover that Morgellons Disease has symptoms quite similar to what killed Brewbaker. As Perry Dawsey lies passed out on his bathroom floor, the parasites spread farther into his body.

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Dew Phillips thinks back to the meeting that drew him into the hunt for the infected. That meeting occurred with Murray Stapleton, the Deputy Director of CIA, and a man Dew fought with in Vietnam. Dew continues to hunt for a live victim, and Perry Dawsey goes to war with his own body, where the results prove disastrous.

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Margaret and Amos continue their examination of Martin Brewbaker. They become vexed when they observe that the dead man is still growing. The infection is starting to impact Perry's concentration, tolerance, and ability to control his nasty, violent streak.

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Perry's body is changing faster than he can keep track of, and in ways that he can't see. Margaret and Amos identify parasitic structures growing deep in Martin Brewbaker's body, structures that indicate Perry's symptoms are a portent of disaster.

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Perry Dawsey begins to feel the effects of the infection, although it's still too early to tell if he will wind up like Martin Brewbaker. Margaret Montoya continues to examine Brewbaker's rapidly decomposing corpse and finds key clues that could finally shed some light on the disease that drives people to kill.

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CDC investigator Margaret Montoya gets down to business on the burned, shot, self-mutilated and infected corpse of Martin Brewbaker.

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Perry's invaders start to analyze and modify his body, hijacking his normal biological processes to create something new, something evil. Knowing nothing of this internal battle, Perry heads to work where we meet his longtime friend Bill Miller. Dew Phillips deals with the aftermath of the disastrous fight with Martin Brewbaker, a fight in which his partner, Malcolm Johnson, wound up with a hatchet buried in his belly.

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Perry Dawsey awakes with strange itchy spots on his skin. It's a minor annoyance, yet while he prepares for his Monday, the things under his skin prepare to grow.

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Meet Alida Garcia and Martin Brewbaker. They are among the first to be infected, but their paths take them to very different places. You wouldn't want to be either of them...

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Season 1: INFECTED — Across America, a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families. 

Working under the government’s shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly pathogen. She discovers that these killers all have one thing in common – they’ve been contaminated by a bioengineered parasite shaped by a complexity far beyond the limits of known science.

Meanwhile, Perry Dawsey – a hulking former football star now resigned to life as a cubicle-bound desk jockey – awakens one morning to find several mysterious welts growing on his body. Soon Perry finds himself acting and thinking strangely, hearing voices telling him to do bad things.

The fate of the human race may well depend on the bloody war Perry must wage with his own body because the parasites want something from him that goes beyond mere murder.

Perry Dawsey is infected. He is infected with a disease that thinks, a disease that talks, and if he’s lucky, he’ll die before it becomes a disease … that walks. 

Written and narrated by #1 New York Times best-selling horror author Scott Sigler, INFECTED is Season One of the INFECTED trilogy, a fiction podcast that scratches deep below the surface. All episodes are available now -- inject the full story into your veins with your favorite podcast app, or for print, eBook, and ad-free audiobook versions of the story, visit scottsigler.com/infected.

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