Unable to accept the sudden death of his fit-as-a-fiddle wife and equally healthy son, grieving father Mitch Emhoff finds himself quarantined. In the meantime, a virulent pathogen has infected thousands around the globe. As a result, the Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation struggle to pinpoint the virus' origin. However, their efforts are fruitless. And as the authorities embark on a desperate mission to locate Patient Zero, self-appointed prophets manipulate the masses, riots erupt, economies collapse, and people perish by the thousands. After all, the invisible adversary is everywhere. More or less, the average person touches his face nearly 3,000 times a day. With this in mind, can humankind survive the fatal contagion?—Nick Riganas