Read By: Dick Hill

"A plague that will cause the death of millions. A plague that will destroy
countries. A plague that will plunge the world into a dark age. A plague that
will make nobody sick..."

When the first planes go down -- in Europe, in California, in Asia -
authorities blame terrorists. All flights are grounded as world leaders try
to figure out how the global assault has been coordinated. And when cars,
ships, and factories stop running too, it becomes clear that the common link
is oil. Somehow a microbe, genetically engineered to destroy petroleum, has
infected the world supply. The world descends into a new dark age.

Dr. Gregory Gillette, an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control,
is a disease hunter specializing in microbes that attack human beings. When
the Pentagon taps him to be part of the Rapid Response Team assembled to
track and kill the devastating Delta-3 bacteria, he quickly discovers that
his expertise is ignored, his presence meaningless. The leader of the task
force is an old nemesis who sidelines Gillette.

Gillette returns home to Washington, where he watches in horror as food
becomes scarce, neighbor attacks neighbor, and government collapses. With
winter approaching, the capital faces anarchy and Gillette faces a choice:
to stay with his family or to disobey orders and find the microbes' antidote
through clues that may not even be real.

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