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Mutating Fungal Frightener!
As I read this it was very easy to see a movie being made of a storage warehouse, which was a government bunker in the 1980s, suddenly having problems as a... READ MORE
The Cleverest Fungus
This gruesome sci-fi really does read like an exciting night at the movies. Well written, fabulously paced, filled with likeable, vibrant characters, pitte... READ MORE
Caution: This Book is Full of Fun(gus)
A fantastic read for fans of Crichton, this is a pacy, well-researched action-packed blast of a novel. The mixture of comedy and danger in an environmental... READ MORE
Freaky With Some Whole Hearted Humour
This is a proper action packed, freaky fungus fueled ordeal. It somehow managed to be both creepy and hilarious at times, with a narrative that puts me in ... READ MORE
Great action adventure...with fungus!
What a fantastically structured thrill ride of a book this was! It tells the story of a deadly fungus outbreak and the three disparate people tasked with s... READ MORE
Highly entertaining
Fast paced, high octane and so much fun!
Could easily have devoured this in one sitting. It's easy to see the author's screenwriting skills, the whole thin... READ MORE
Sci-fi thriller with a twist
Good book written with a view to a future film which detracts from the flow a little. Clever plot fun read very enjoyable.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Newbury House Publishers,U.S.
- ISBN: 9780062944863
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 30 mm
- Weight: 386g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allWell written novel about an attack by a Killer Virus
The novel opens as US government bio terror operative Roberto Diaz and his partner travel to a remote area in Australia. They are there to investigate the... READ MORE
Great fun fighting evil fungus
Cold Storage has it all - creepy evil fungus taking over humans to propagate more easily, high octane action and liberal amounts of humour to wash it all d... READ MORE
Nothing new
When a super infectious strain of virus is let loose from its containment facility it could spell the end of the world as we know it. Can it be stopped bef... READ MORE
If you enjoy sci-fi/science-based books that have an air of a thriller to them, you will love this.
Australian outback, 1987. Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz and his partner Trini Romano have been sent to Kiwirrkurra to a town where all the resi... READ MORE
Great fun
This was fun. I love a good "creature feature" and this one is definitely one of the better ones. The "creature" is a fungus in this case which is a nice t... READ MORE
A wonderful debut from a wonderful storyteller. Definitely recommended!
I admit, when I got the email saying that my request for Cold Storage had been approved, I didn't actually remember requesting it. Then, when I went to dow... READ MORE
Freaky Fungus Finding Freedom!
Cold Storage by David Koepp
I was given an advance copy of Cold Storage by David Koepp by NetGalley for review purposes. David Koepp is the screenwriter b... READ MORE
Fun horror / Sci-fi
David Koepps’s Cold Storage begins in the 80’s as a serious sci fi story about a mutated virus discovered in the Australian outback and contained for over ... READ MORE
Quirky - almost science fiction.
Quirky - almost science fiction
David Koepp is perhaps better known for his work as a screenwriter on films such as Jurassic Park and Mission Impossible a... READ MORE
Full of hidden humour
Cold Storage is like The Strain on steroids.
When a deadly fungus starts to manifest its up to bioterror investigator Roberto Diaz to control and stop it.... READ MORE
Great Horror Book
I fell in love with this book from the outset, it’s bit horror-ish, bit fantasy with some humor thrown in and just appealed to me. We start off going to a ... READ MORE
This Would be a Great Film
I received a free copy of this book in return for my honest review and this is my review:
This book pulled me in so much and so quickly. It was hard to pu... READ MORE
And you thought Covid-19 was scary
Ever scared of going to the fridge, well you might think differently after reading this and might not look at mushrooms the same way again. After investiga... READ MORE
Draws on classic B movie science fiction plot with humans versus space fungus
My thanks to HQ for an eARC via NetGalley of David Koepp’s ‘Cold Storage’ in exchange for an honest review. It was originally published in various formats ... READ MORE
A What If scenario, fascinating
This was a frightening story of what if. An intelligent fungus is making a bid to take over the world but doesn't take into account the resistance of the h... READ MORE
Highly Entertaining
A highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction was discovered, contained and buried deep in an underground government facility. Decades... READ MORE