Spread Of Kellis-Amberlee Virus In Blackout By Sean Mccarthy
Blackout by Seanan McGuire under the pseudonym of Mira Grant is the last book in a sci-fi trilogy set in the post-apocalyptic United States after a massive zombie outbreak caused by the spread of a virus called the Kellis-Amberlee virus. In the first book, Feed, a reporter, Georgia Mason dies while covering the 2040 election. Her brother Shaun Mason continues reporting, uncovering the truth about Kellis-Amberlee and trying to cope with the loss of his sister in the second book, Deadline. In Blackout, Shaun Mason and his crew continue to fight against the CDC (an evil government organization not preventing diseases but attempting to spread it without the control of the government) The CDC creates a clone of Georgia Mason attempting to stop Shaun
and his team’s attempts at uncovering the truth in the 2040’s post-apocalyptic America. The two reporters are known around the world for their reporting work and even though they are young (early to mid-20's) they are still the key to stopping the spread of this virus and stopping the evil path of the CDC. This book is told in a first person limited narration. In this book and in the books before this Seanan McGuire uses multiple narrative arcs and plot lines to further the story. In Blackout, she writes through the narration of two characters, Shaun Mason and through a clone of Georgia Mason. An example of using multiple narrative arcs to further the story is when Shaun and his crew are attempting to destroy a CDC lab in Seatle they find Georgia Mason who tells her part of the story inside the CDC which gives them access to the vice president (the person who commissioned the cloning of Georgia) and valuable information. Shaun’s plan is to catch some mosquitoes in Florida that he believes were engineered by the CDC. After meeting Georgia, she gives him the information he needs about the mosquitoes and the underlying wishes of the CDC.
and his team’s attempts at uncovering the truth in the 2040’s post-apocalyptic America. The two reporters are known around the world for their reporting work and even though they are young (early to mid-20's) they are still the key to stopping the spread of this virus and stopping the evil path of the CDC. This book is told in a first person limited narration. In this book and in the books before this Seanan McGuire uses multiple narrative arcs and plot lines to further the story. In Blackout, she writes through the narration of two characters, Shaun Mason and through a clone of Georgia Mason. An example of using multiple narrative arcs to further the story is when Shaun and his crew are attempting to destroy a CDC lab in Seatle they find Georgia Mason who tells her part of the story inside the CDC which gives them access to the vice president (the person who commissioned the cloning of Georgia) and valuable information. Shaun’s plan is to catch some mosquitoes in Florida that he believes were engineered by the CDC. After meeting Georgia, she gives him the information he needs about the mosquitoes and the underlying wishes of the CDC.