Welcome to the mind of brilliant Chinese geneticist Liu Jian Dan. It's a bit disturbing here.

Written and performed by Scott Sigler


Production Assistance by Allie Press


Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment



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ANCESTOR Intro
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ANCESTOR Episode 1

The Infected Trilogy is a three-book audio fiction series from #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Scott Sigler. 
"Part Stephen King, part Chuck Palahniuk, INFECTED blends science fiction and horror into a pulpy masterpiece of action, terror, and suspense.” James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain and Black Order
 “INFECTED is a marvel of gonzo, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute terror.” Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm and Death Match  
 "INFECTED is a bucking pulp pony that throws you this way and that, and just when you think you've got your balance, that ole pony bucks the other way. It’s one hell of an exhilarating ride." Joe R. Lansdale, World Horror Convention Grand Master and six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bubba Ho-Tep and Hap & Leonard
 
SEASON 1: INFECTED
Across America, a mysterious disease turns ordinary people into raving 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 learns 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 . . . he is infected. 
The fate of the human race hinges on the bloody war Perry must wage with his own body, because the parasites want something from him, something that goes beyond mere murder.
SEASON 2: CONTAGIOUS
The brutal epidemic sweeping America is driven not by evolution, but rather by some unknown, malevolent intelligence. Standing against this unimaginable threat is a small group assembled under the strictest secrecy. 
Hulking former football star Perry Dawsey possesses an unexplainable ability to locate the disease’s hosts. Violent and unpredictable, Dawsey is both the nation’s best hope and a terrifying liability. 
Hardened CIA veteran Dew Phillips must somehow forge a connection with Perry if they’re going to stand a chance against this maddeningly 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. 
SEASON 3: PANDEMIC
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 stain her hands. Endless guilt and crippling nightmares chew at her, take pieces of her soul, drown her in self-hatred so crippling she can't salvage her marriage, let alone be even a shadow of the warrior she once was.
But Margaret 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 makes humans feed upon their own kind.
CREDITS:

Presented by Empty Set Entertainment

Written by Scott Sigler

Narrated by Scott Sigler (S1 & S2) and Phil Gigante (S3)

Audio engineering by Steve Riekeberg (SteveRiekeberg.com)

Podcast production assistance by Allie Press and Evo Terra of Simpler Media Productions (Simpler.media)

Science Fiction

Fiction

Scott sits down with A Kovacs to answer questions sent in by the Junkies about the latest Ancestor edition.

Written and performed by Scott Sigler


Produced by Random House Audio

Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press


Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment



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ANCESTOR - Q & A

That's it for ANCESTOR. Looks like you made it off of Black Manitou Island. Good for you!
I wish I could say the same for so many others.
I've got other full-length stories available for you, such as the horrifying INFECTED Trilogy, the urban nastiness of NOCTURNAL, and more. Just search for "Scott Sigler" in any podcast app.
And if you want a weekly helping of my authorial goodness, check out my weekly podcast SCOTT SIGLER SLICES. Once again, use the very podcast app you're listening to now and search for "Scott Sigler Slices," or go to my site and find links at scottsigler.com/subscribe. You get regular installments of whatever my "now playing" story is. Could be a full-length novel, an audio drama, could be a short story; you never know.
I've got print books, eBooks, and audiobooks, too. Want to check out my goods? Visit scottsigler.com. Want to stay up to date on what books and stories I have coming out next? Got to scottsigler.com/newsletter. We send out one newsletter a month. It's so simple.
Thank you for spending your time with me and my story, ANCESTOR. I hope you enjoyed it enough to let me entertain you again.
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ANCESTOR End Episode

This is it! The final episode of ANCESTOR. I hope you enjoyed the production, and I hope this last episode knocks you right in the jumblies.

Written and performed by Scott Sigler


Produced by Random House Audio

Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press


Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment



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ANCESTOR Episode 38

Sara, Tim, and Colding are in the church, facing a showdown with the loveable Magnus Paglione. The Ancestors are running wild, eating anything that moves and some things that don't. It's high-octane action from beginning to end!

Written and performed by Scott Sigler


Produced by Random House Audio

Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press


Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment



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ANCESTOR Episode 37

The chase is on, my Junkie friends. The chase is on. The Ancestors are on the hunt!

Written and performed by Scott Sigler


Produced by Random House Audio

Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press


Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment



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