The slow burn
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Supervising Producer of Narrative Podcasts. Eric’s got a lot more stories like this one so subscribe wherever you listen.ĭecoder Ring is written by Willa Paskin and produced by Willa Paskin and Katie Shepherd. Thanks to Eric Molinsky for bringing us this story that originally aired on his terrific podcast Imaginary Worlds. Baker and Stephanie Kelley-Romano explain how the Hills’ alien abduction changed science fiction forever. Then professors Susan Lepselter, Chris Bader, Joseph O. Betty Hill’s niece, Kathleen Marden, recounts how the story went viral and her aunt and uncle became unwitting celebrities.
The slow burn series#
After a series of developments that prove the Whites to be more formidable foes than he ever dreamed, he finds his way back to Sarah’s house to find the compound overrun with infected and his friends mysteriously vanished without a trace, leaving Zed to rely once more solely on his wits to survive.When you think of an alien abduction, what do you picture? Humanoid creatures, medical experiments, lost memories retrieved through hypnosis? That narrative was largely unknown until Betty and Barney Hill went public about their own alien abduction in the 1960s. In short order, Zed is once more embittered and hardened against trust, when he finds himself stranded. Zed, being now the only one available who would not attract the attentions of the infected, accompanies Freitag on this morbid mission. Momentarily safe, the survivors turn to the matter of where to bury the dead. A diversion plan emerges to rid the horde of the Smart One trying to figure a way through the gates, and lead the other infected away from the compound. Unfortunately, the shooting and commotion have only attracted more Whites. In the confusion, however, Murphy is gunned down, and an unthinking, emotional Zed strikes out to enact revenge. But the brave medical staff, holed up on the tenth floor of the hospital, and running out of provisions, has decided to take matters in hand by exposing themselves to the virus, and shooting those who “turn.” Zed is determined not to face another loss, but once again, time is running out…īook 4 – Dead Fire picks up following an infected attack on Sarah Mansfield’s fortified house, during which 3 people seek shelter with Zed Zane and his fellow survivors. Since Mark has disappeared, Zed unleashes his fury on untold numbers of infected in his path as he makes his way back to the hospital, in an attempt to rescue Steph, a nurse whom he befriended while seeking help for the feverish Murphy shortly after the prison riot. Russell, whose home the others plundered in search of food and other supplies, is also a slow burn, but lower-functioning, childlike and docile.Īfter seeing the carnage at the dormitory, a raging, vengeful Zed wants only to kill Mark, his nemesis and the former leader of the ROTC squad. Mandi, whom Zed and Murphy rescued from the bunker, is immune to the virus. Book 3 – Destroyer finds Zed saying goodbye to one friend and pressing forward with two new ones to whom we are introduced in Book 2 – Infected.