An ordinary day
Seattle is stunned when a deadly bacteria tears through a nearby Bible camp. Early tests reveal it is a form of meningitis, and the campâs residents are among its most vulnerable victims: children and teenagers.
A new vaccine
Seattleâs chief public health officer, Lisa Dyer, and her team quickly take steps to contain the outbreak. When testing reveals the strain is one that caused catastrophic losses in Iceland just months earlier, she contacts a pharmaceutical company doing final-phase trials on a viable vaccine and asks them to release it early.
An epidemic in the making
Despite protests, vaccine clinics roll out across the city, and the risky strategy appears to be working. Until people start dying from mysterious and horrific causes . . .
Praise for Daniel Kalla
âA thrilling, front-line dramaâ Kathy Reichs
âKalla strikes again with another perfect page-turnerâ Lee Child
âA superbly written suspense novel . . . masterfulâ Steven Hartov
âFast, fierce and frightening. Kalla delivers a shot of adrenaline in a medical thriller that really thrillsâ Don Winslow
âThis important, must-read book is not only well-researched and entirely realistic, it gives a human face to a devastating epidemicâ Robyn Harding
âFast-paced and smartly written . . . a force to be reckoned withâ Booklist