The story is a standard fair pandemic story. The strength there is the visceral depictions of violence and gore. It also does a good job of building tension as the illness spreads.
Unfortunately, the story has a few flaws, in particular the narm-worthy dubbing of the illness as Brain Eaters, the almost bored description of growing unrest and chaos instead of showing it, and lastly the fact that I personally find Cory unlikable. (He comes across as a stubborn, cardboard cutout of the journalist looking for the big story trope)
The flaws are largely diminished by the fact that the narration is superb! Outside of a few accents that sound a little wonky, it elevates the story and makes it an overall 5 Star experience.
Full disclosure: This audiobook was given to me for free at my request and I provided this unbiased and voluntary review.