ApropulsiveandchillinglyprescientnovelofsuspenseandterrorfromtheBramStokeraward-winningauthorofTheCabinattheEndoftheWorldandAHeadFullofGhosts.“Absolutelyriveting.“--StephenKingInamatterofweeks,Massachusettshasbeenoverrunbyaninsidiousrabies-likevirusthatisspreadbysaliva.Butunlikerabies,thediseasehasaterrifyinglyshortincubationperiodofanhourorless.Thoseinfectedquicklylosetheirmindsandaredriventobiteandinfectasmanyothersastheycanbeforetheyinevitablysuccumb.Hospitalsareinundatedwiththesickanddying,andhysteriahastakenhold.Totrytolimititsspread,thecommonwealthisunderquarantineandcurfew.Butsocietyisbreakingdownandthegovernment’semergencyprotocolsarefaltering.Dr.Ramola“Rams“Sherman,asoft-spokenpediatricianinhermid-thirties,receivesafranticphonecallfromNatalie,afriendwhoiseightmonthspregnant.Natalie’shusbandhasbeenkilled--viciouslyattackedbyaninfectedneighbor--andinafailedattempttosavehim,Natalie,too,wasbitten.Natalie’sonlychanceofsurvivalistogettoahospitalasquicklyaspossibletoreceivearabiesvaccine.Theclockistickingforherandforherunbornchild.Natalie’sfightforlifebecomesadesperateodysseyassheandRamsmaketheirwaythroughahostilelandscapefilledwithdangersbeyondtheirworstnightmares--terrifying,strange,andsometimesdeadlychallengesthatpushthemtothebrink.PaulTremblayonceagaindemonstrateshismasteryinthischillingandall-too-plausiblenovelthatwillleavereadersracingthroughthepages...andshakethemtotheircore.
