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The last man in Los Angeles fights a plague that has turned others into vampire-like creatures
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What it is about
Robert Neville seems to be the only healthy survivor of a plague that has changed everyone else. At night he is besieged by the infected, and by day he hunts them and searches for a cure. The short novel mixes horror with science.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like classic horror and post-apocalyptic tales.
What you will get
A short and influential classic. It has been filmed several times.
I Am Legend Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Horror · Last man · Plague · Vampires
Length
160 pages · ≈ 5 h
More about this book
Characters
Robert Neville.
Setting
A quiet and ruined suburb of Los Angeles.
What makes it different
A science-based vampire story that influenced later zombie fiction.
Feel
Lonely, tense and bleak.
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