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Plagued: A Pandemic Survivor Story Kindle Edition

by Anirudh Arun (Author), Aashrai Arun (Narrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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"A book that drives you through the entire pandemic and lets you see how it will probably end" [India Today]
"A story about courage and hope" [Outlook]

WORLD'S FIRST NOVEL BASED ON THE PANDEMIC. 100% OF EARNINGS FROM BOOK-SALES GOES TO COVID-19 RELIEF! #ReadMoreSaveLives

The enemy is unseen, the enemy is fast. And there's nowhere left to hide. A virulent and extremely lethal virus kills millions in the world's mega-cities, disrupting life in unpredictable ways.

"The author will donate all earnings from book-sales to COVID-19 Relief Funds." [Business Standard]

Based on recent events, Plagued offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty, and a compelling portrait of friends who are separated by borders but united in their suffering.

As the disease begins to spread, Ved flies back home from San Francisco to attend his father's retirement party. His girlfriend, Jinny, is attending to her sick grandmother in China. Everything changes for them and their families in the next few weeks, as millions are infected and the world goes into a lock-down.

The pandemic sets the backdrop for a strange new world, where people work from their homes, are constantly online, and filled simultaneously with fear, revulsion and hope.

Note: 100% of proceeds from the book-sales will be donated to the GiveIndia campaign launched by CovidIndia.Org, a volunteer-driven platform run by a group of passionate professionals working towards COVID-19 containment and relief efforts in India on multiple fronts. This GiveIndia campaign aims to raise INR 35 lakh to support doctors and front-line healthcare workers in Sion Hospital, Mumbai and JP Hospital, Bhopal. The funds raised through this campaign will be utilized for the procurement of PPE kits and other safety equipment to support the medical staff in these hospitals in our fight against the pandemic.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086H5399Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 5, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 5, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 884 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 84 pages

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Anirudh Arun (1989-) was born in Hyderabad, India, and grew up in Bengaluru, Muscat (Sultanate of Oman), and Chennai. For five years, he worked in the oil and gas sector in Asia, Africa and North America. He is a tech-entrepreneur, and has led product, marketing and operations in multiple companies. His first book, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier?" was released in 2013. In 2020, he released "Plagued", a book based on the world's brave fight against the Novel Coronavirus. All proceeds from this book are being sent to healthcare workers in India, who are struggling without adequate PPE as they combat this disease.

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RK

A great book for a greater cause

Reviewed in Germany on May 11, 2020

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A great book. A must read! and a great initiative by the authors in these tough times.

Bloodhound

Amazing narrative! Brings stark reality to your living room!

Reviewed in India on April 5, 2020

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First off, this book is rather unique in the sense that it is relatable to literally any human on the Earth today. Secondly, it is a rare piece of literature as there are few such books written in such times of disaster as to have the power of bringing humans irrespective of their differences under one banner. The world has seen too many cataclysmic events, but there are few contemporary novels that bring the stark naked realities of those events live to your living room. We have had Spanish Influenza and Smallpox outbreaks in our history but no literary narrative brings to light such stark realities in such a blunt, poignant and yet, hope instilling manner.

This is yet another great example of how the electronic age is really helping us read stories about ourselves in novels where we are our own protagonists. I myself am rather glad that by simply making this purchase, I have contributed in some way to fighting this virus. And now I am recommending this book to as many people as possible which gives me immense satisfaction that I too have in some way mobilized support against Corona.

The author rather powerfully sums up his message of hope springing anew in the worst of times, and the need to set aside all our differences in times like these and take the war back to the virus!

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Vatsyayan

Feels like your one of the characters in the book - brilliant narrative

Reviewed in India on April 12, 2020

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As nations all around the world are trying to foresee the future of this calamity and fighting to reduce its impact, this book captures what is happening around us in every angle possible. The author has rightly pointed out about all the people who are being affected not because of contracting the virus, but because it’s just there around them leading to a stream of interconnected unfortunate events. It came as a surprise to me that Ved contracted the virus and I was secretly hoping he would bounce back to health soon. The change in Mr Agarwal s character, the reaction of the driver who drove Ved to the hospital, Ved s trip to the grocery store, the growth of the Banner, the psychology of the patients in Ved s hospital; were a few things that were written really well by the author that it transported me to that very scene. Would love to have gotten more insights about Jinny s life post the break up. Overall- it’s a book that everyone should read in the wake of this global crisis to be more aware, sensitive and informed about how the world has changed today after the arrival of the Corona.

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Akash Grover

*Great book that understands what we're going through right now*

Reviewed in India on April 6, 2020

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The characters of Plagued really connect with you. They live lives just like us, lives that are disrupted by this terrible disease.

I like how the author has imagined the way the world will change as this situation continues. There are irreversible behavioral changes that will happen. Businesses will completely change. And Plagued covers these beautifully.

I particularly connected with the character of Mr. Agarwal, Ved's father. Love the depiction of the future of Politics brought out by the author.

Great read.

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Life in the times of Corona

Reviewed in India on April 18, 2020

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Though written well at the start of the pandemic, it quite accurately marks out the trajectory of the virus and what to expect as we count each new day of the global lockdown. The story also has a personal touch as we read about Ved, a Silicon valley returned techie navigate the course of the pandemic. Each chapter covers a day in the life of Ved and the story will keep you hooked right till the end

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