Author: Preston Richard. | Publisher: Ballantine Books| Pages: 448| Publication Date: 1998-08-29| Edition: Reprint| Binding: Mass Market Paperback| MSRP: 7.99| ISBN13: 9780345409973| ISBN: 0345409973| Other ISBN: 9780345498137| Other ISBN Binding: printisbn| Language: en| Store Location: Drama Paperback|"Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."
"A PAGE-TURNER . . . THOROUGHLY FRIGHTENING." --Newsweek
"ENORMOUSLY ENTERTAINING." --The New York Times Book Review
"THIS BOOK SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME. . . . Manages to grab you with the authenticity of its scientific detective work and haunt you with its sheer plausibility." --Entertainment Weekly
Five days ago, a homeless man on a subway platform died in agony as startled commuters looked on. Yesterday, a teenager started having violent, uncontrollable spasms in art class. Within minutes, she too was dead.
Dr. Alice Austen is a medical pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. What she knows is that the two deaths are connected. What she fears is that they are only the beginning. . . .