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 campās residents are among its most vulnerable victims: children and teenagers.
A new vaccine
Seattleās 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
āA thrilling, front-line dramaā Kathy Reichs
āKalla strikes again with another perfect page-turnerā Lee Child
āA superbly written suspense novel . . . masterfulā Steven Hartov
āFast, fierce and frightening. Kalla delivers a shot of adrenaline in a medical thriller that really thrillsā Don Winslow
āThis important, must-read book is not only well-researched and entirely realistic, it gives a human face to a devastating epidemicā Robyn Harding
āFast-paced and smartly written . . . a force to be reckoned withā Booklist