The Devil by Name

Rosson’s conclusion to the “Fever House Duology” cements it as a postapocalyptic story as emotional and ambitious as Stephen King’s The Stand. It has been five years since the Message was broadcast to phones across the world. Those who heard it became “fevered,” with their minds in tatters and their hunger ever-insatiable. As these individuals roam zombielike across the United States, the nation, allied with megacorp Terradyne Industries, has turned major American cities into facilities for corralling the fevered. Amid this new, frightening world, a girl in France discovers she has a unique gift that could pull the world back from utter chaos. Fans of Rosson’s Fever House will remember characters such as conflicted agent John Bonner and broken mother Katherine Moriarty. Xe Sands returns to narrate, lending her distinctive voice to expose the characters’ frayed nerves and emotional weariness as they struggle to maintain their humanity and hope. Rosson continually tests the characters’ resolve, hammering them with one horrible event after another and leaving listeners to wonder how long their resilience will hold out.