Book description
From molecular biologist turned Anthony Award-winning author of The Killing Kind comes a fact-based thriller about our species’ next great existential threat—perfect for fans of Michael Crichton.
It began four years ago with a worldwide uptick of bacterial infections: meningitis in Frankfurt, cholera in Johannesburg, tuberculosis in New Delhi. Although…
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Holm has crafted a chilling tale that races its way through New York City at breakneck speed. A violent massacre occurs in a future world where disease has gained the upper hand. Detective Jacob Gibson is pulled onto the case, thrown off the case, and then lands squarely in the middle of the crux of the case.
At the center of the horror is an eleven-year-old immigrant boy desperately being searched for by multiple powerful interest groups. The question is, why? Who is Child Zero, and what does he have to offer?
Told from multiple perspectives, the suspense is kept…
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German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…
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