Scott Reiss 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.

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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 Centres 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 Delta3 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 neighbour attacks neighbour 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.

Product Details Paperback Book 352 pages Author R.

Scott Reiss Publisher Simon Schuster Genre Fiction ISBN 9780743297646