Survivor Song

by Paul Tremblay 

This story is about a survivor's journey in a pandemic situation with a beautiful friendship, survival, hope, and challenging humanity.

The story leads us to a world where people infected by a mutated rabies virus move quickly among animals and people through saliva, with those being bitten rapidly within a short period, losing their minds acting like wild animals tend to bite/kill other living beings.



Without having an exact vaccine and enough medical attention, the state of Massachusetts is like a living hell.
Hospitals are swamped with people who need medical attention and the whole state is under quarantine and lockdown. The government dropping packets of rabies vaccine from the sky to try to control the infected animal population.


The story involves two main characters, Dr.Rams and Natalie.

Dr. Ramola Sherman is a pediatrician. She is about to be called in to help at an overflowing hospital. At the same time, she receives a frantic call from her best friend, Natalie. Natalie’s husband has been brutally killed by an infected man and she was bitten while trying to save him. Also, she is Eight months pregnant. Getting so close to giving birth, she must get to a hospital as soon as possible to get the medical help to save her and her unborn child.



This story takes place over a short timespan as these two women try desperately to get Natalie's help, Due to the very rapid rate of progression of the virus and the clock is ticking for Natalie. Along their journey, they have to face horrifying countless dangers, numerous other obstacles and protect their selves from infectives and humans.

For me, the most heart touching aspect of the story was the relationship between Rams and Nat’s. Even With the pandemic world, their true friendship and love stand huge and the true intention of Rams to lead her friend to a safe delivery was remarkable.

I enjoyed the author’s writing style and how he tried to build the pandemic world with humanity. In the story, he wants to show the reader that the infected were humans once and we all are surviving together.

I really enjoyed the story and recommend it to those who like to read great apocalyptic stories. 

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