From the author of THE AVENGER OF THULE, this medical thriller is guaranteed to send shivers up the spines of all who read it. A deadly plague escapes from a jade mine in Cambodia and quickly spreads around the world, killing millions in its wake. The disease is neither bacteria nor virus but some ancient life form that combines the properties of both, with the result that no one can stop it! Follow a team of doctors from Atlanta’s CDC as they desperately try to find the key to this biological puzzle.