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Virus-72 Hours to Live Kindle Edition

by Ray Jay Perreault (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
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A pandemic breaks out across the world, and within days, Earth is devastated. The space station Oasis and moon colony Desert Beach must be abandoned, leaving the Mars colony with no support.

Joan Herl works with the first intelligent computer, SIMPOC, to help the survivors. Then, a second intelligent computer appears, following its own agenda.

Why was the virus created, and by whom?

How will the confrontation between intelligent computers end?

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Ray Jay Perreault creates amazing stories with believable and endearing characters

“I loved it and can’t wait for book 2!”

I am definitely hooked with this series. You will not be disappointed with this book.

Buy the second book in the series to find out how Earth survives the virus.

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    Virus
  2. Print length
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  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    June 4, 2015
  6. File size
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00VUCZTOE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ray Jay Perreault; 1st edition (June 4, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 4, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1680 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 398 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

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Ray Jay Perreault

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Ray is a prolific author that enjoys science fiction. He feels that genre is fertile ground to understand ourselves and where we’re going. He has written a mix of Sci-Fi stories, but tends to focus on stories with computers, post-apocalyptic themes and stories with strong morals, loyalties, and drama.

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Ray was a Senior Pilot in the US Air Force and traveled to 27 countries around the world. His C-130 assignments ranged from landing in a farm field in Paraguay to entering East Berlin and experiencing Russian controllers giving him false headings.

Ray’s other assignment was as a T-38 instructor pilot. “The T-38 is the best plane in the word; two pilots, two engines, and two afterburners.” Two of his remarkable experiences included training the first class of female pilots and receiving an Air Commendation medal for saving a T-38 that blew an engine during a touch and go, saving himself and the student pilot on board.

After his Air Force career, Ray enjoyed a long and exciting career with Northrop Grumman. During the 28 years at Northrop, some of the highlights included work as the Lead Wind Tunnel test engineer on the F-20, F-23, F-18, and B-2. His career progressed to be the Deputy Manager of Engineering for the Tri-Service Stand-Off Attack Missile (TSSM). Later he was responsible for all the computers at Ryan Aeronautical, then all of the computers on the B-2 Bomber program.

Ray hopes you enjoy his work, and he looks forward to sharing many new and exciting stories.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
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K. Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016
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This is a great science fiction novel with many complex parts that are interwoven, trading off from one perspective to another. As a newbie to audiobooks, I really enjoyed the experience. The narration was terrific, and I was delighted with the variations in voices, particularly the computer SIMPOC. I have not yet read any other works by this author, so I listened to this book as a stand-alone novel and was able to follow the storyline very well. At the end, however, there are many unanswered questions and unresolved story threads, so I am eager to continue with the next volume to find out how the humans and computers fare. I received a free copy of this audiobook. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.
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sonjabs
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting problems and possibilities, fast paced intriguing
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2016
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Fast paced interesting great read that is let down by the ending. A LOT builds up then it flat ends in a major rush with some ends not really closed or explained. However still well worth reading for sure as it presents interesting problems and possibilities!
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FredR500
2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story line but needs an editor
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017
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This is a 3 star book and a 1 star editor so it averages to 2 stars and that is probably being kind.

The premise starts out believable but goes off in many directions. The last quarter of the book ignores most of the other plot lines and focuses on SIMPOC. I have a pretty good idea where the rest of the books will go and the final result. Asimov did it better with the short story The Last Question.

Like most multi-volume stories from new authors the intent seems to be to set up several plot lines, then leave you hanging after the first (free) book to encourage purchase of the rest of the set. I'd be tempted to go for the next one if this was more readable, but it is not.

The book is filled with typos, autocerrect failures and spontaneously generated commas. Instead of focusing on the plot lines you need to reread a paragraph several times to figure out what the author meant. But even if it had a great editor it would still just be 3 stars. Sorry, but that's the way I see it.

I received a free copy of this audiobook. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.
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Robynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book. I enjoyed reading it and it is ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2015
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Excellent book. I enjoyed reading it and it is exciting from the first to the last. I think the story covers exactly what would happen if a suspicious virus did come from nowhere. I know this is an expansion of SIMPOC 1 and I see how the author is having two paths through the very complex story. I enjoyed the characters and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series and finding out more about what happened after the virus.
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qeenbee
4.0 out of 5 stars The end
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2017
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Not really my kind of book, I guess it's too technical for me . I think the thing that was missing for me was the lack of emotional connection to the characters. It was good enough for me to finish tho. If you like technical reads and outer space books you will like this one
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CMPBallester
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2018
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While Virus: 72 Hours to Live is science fiction, the likelihood and preponderance of the story to humanity makes it more than just science fiction. I enjoyed the story as much, if not more than many of major, top rated sci-fi classics. And I learned so much. It should be required reading for emergency / first-response training programs. High relevant to today’s pandemic-stricken world.
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anastaciaknits
1.0 out of 5 stars and I have never been so bored as I was reading this
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2016
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Awful, awful, awful. So full of typos, grammatical errors, and spelling mistakes, I could barely muddle through 20 or so pages, and I have never been so bored as I was reading this.

I tried very hard to come up with at least one positive thing to say about this book, and all I can come up with is that it's an intriguing story idea, but one that needs to be developed better.
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Wayne McKinstry
3.0 out of 5 stars Needs editing
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2022
This story has a lot of potential. There is a mysterious virus which no one understands, and we see the story of people in different places who try to cope with it. There is a computer who becomes self-aware and eventually tries to help. There is another self-aware computer which seems to be working for the bad guys, whoever they are. We are given a lot of detail in the lives of the characters, which is good.

The problem with reading this novel was the lack of proofreading. I am talking about spelling and punctuation issues. The transitions from one scene to the other were not always handled the same way. It would have been more enjoyable without these issues. Please take this as constructive criticism.
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Norma Miles
5.0 out of 5 stars "Tom, we might be totally alone."
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2019
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I almost never relisten to books - too many new titles to lure me away - but this is almost certainly going to be an exception, partially because the story itself is so densely packed and deserves a second shearing and also because I intend to continue with this series. Because it is not a simple continuation of books but is, in part, parallel stories, it will be fun to backtrack again.

I heard the Audible recording of SIMPOC : the thinking computer, a couple of years ago: the intriguing story of a newly started prototype organic based computer system which finds itself unattended by it's programmer after news of a pandemic is heard. It follows the spread and devastation of the virus from the computer's point of view. When I heard that this tale was retold, but this time from the human perspective, I knew I just had to have this book.

It is a clever idea and one executed brilliantly by the author, Jay Ray Perrault, this time to interweave the computer communications into this terrifying apocalyptic tale of an outbreak of unknown origin which devastates the world as we follow some population members, including the US President, his wife and children and his entourage, key medical units, an odd man with an obsession for cleanliness, and the space units on Mars, the moon and a supply ship. All will be affected by the outbreak - but can any of them survive?
Once again, the narration in performed by the talented Zachary Johnson, whose rendering of the.computer is both mechanical but pleasant - surely a momentous task. His text reading is also excellent making for exciting listening whilst never being outrageous and he voices the numerous characters well. A difficult task well done.

This is an excellent, thoughtful, if disturbing, science fiction apocalyptic story with an unusual approach and a cast of a whole world population, and then some. And it is one I can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with the slightest interest in the genre. I loved it and want more.
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PJ Bookish
2.0 out of 5 stars A little long winded.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2017
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I wavered between giving this book 2 or 3 stars but because I had such a hard time reading it I can only give it 2. That's not to say it's a bad story because it isn't, it's actually quite good. The different POVs, especially from those in space, made it interesting.
I ended up skimming a few bits and just reading what felt relevant to the plot, also it needs editing.
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