A typical missing persons investigation rapidly turns into a chain of unfortunate and life-claiming events as a contagious rabies outbreak begins in a hospital in Edison, New Jersey. Eventually spreading to tens of thousands of people, the infected begins wiping out entire groups of civilians in cities across the East Coast as they begin a deadly purge and outbreak. Hence, NYPD detective Matthew Davis and his colleagues step in to stop the effects of the epidemic by putting everything at risk - including their lives. Eventually, they uncover the secrets of the organization responsible for the outbreak and its classified Project Salvation, bit by bit. If they stay alive, that is. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word Count: [[105,000 to 115,000 words]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Place in the Literary Book Awards, Mystery Genre 1st Place in the Sparkle Awards 2022 - Mystery/Thriller/Horror Genre 1st Place in the Rose Book Awards - Best Male Lead 1st Place [TIED] in the Rose Book Awards - Crime/Thriller Genre 2nd Place in the Luna Awards 2023 - Mystery/Thriller/Action Genre 2nd Place in the MEGAWATT BOOK AWARDS 2022, Horror/Paranormal Genre 2nd Place in the Phoenix Awards, Mystery/Thriller Genre 2nd Place in The Seasonal Awards, Horror/Mystery Genre 2nd Place in The Leal Awards, Mystery Genre 3rd Place in the Savant Awards May 2022, Horror/Thriller Genre 3rd Place in The Seasonal Contests [Second Edition - 2021], Mystery/Thriller Genre 3rd Place in the Luna Awards 2021, Mystery/Thriller Genre 3rd Place in The Pacific Awards, Horror Genre -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The ultimate guidebook to the horror-thriller book 128, by Zachary Zander. This special edition book contains backstories on the events and characters of the book, dates and timestamps of several events, elaborations on unexplained happenings, easter eggs and a lot more! Every chapter has its own guidebook counterpart, and will be updated occasionally. Be sure to check it out!

DISCLAIMER: This is the old version of 128. I greet you with a heads up of broken grammar, misspellings, plot holes, a character dying every five seconds and adults acting like children. This will no longer be updated after I finish uploading all of the chapters. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! P.S. if you're looking for the latest and finalised version of 128, it's on my profile. I'm not really sure how you'd have missed that if you have clicked onto this book, though. Whatever. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A normal investigation of a missing family turns into a chain of unfortunate and life-taking events as a noncontagious rabies outbreak begins in Edison, New Jersey. After the rabies has been spread to hundreds of test subjects, the infected begin wiping out some of the population in cities across the East Coast. Hence, private investigator Matthew Davis and his friends step in to stop the effects of the outbreak by putting everything at risk - including their lives. As they succumb one by one to the results of the actions made by the organisation behind the outbreak, they finally uncover the secrets behind secret project Piggy and find out whether their efforts to stop the purging will pay off after all...

[DISCONTINUED] DISCLAIMER: This book will no longer receive updates. Chapter 2 is also incomplete, but has a valid ending, at least. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! (I'd advise you wait till January 1, 2024 for the new version of the sequel is out! Yes, it's not cancelled, just being re-written ;) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Five years after the BMEV-2 epidemic, NYPD Lieutenant Matthew Blake Davis is killed in a train explosion in Los Angeles. Just days after, survivors begin emerging out of the wreckage, seemingly infected with a new virus that causes aggression and the inability to speak. Thus, LAPD Sergeant Megan Stewart gathers her acquaintances to dig up information on the virus and find out what happened on the train Matthew was on. They slowly uncover those responsible for the release of the virus and work together to stop it before it spreads beyond Los Angeles and to the rest of the world.