num_pages: 438
description: From the acclaimed author of Infected comes an epic and exhilarating story of humanitys secret battle against a horrific enemy.Across America a mysterious pathogen transforms ordinary people into raging killers psychopaths driven by a terrifying alien agenda. The human race fights back yet after every battle the disease responds adapts using sophisticated strategies and brilliant ruses to fool its pursuers. The only possible the epidemic is driven not by evolution but by some malevolent intelligence.Standing against this unimaginable threat is a small group assembled under the strictest secrecy. Their best weapon is hulking former football star Perry Dawsey left psychologically shattered by his own struggles with this terrible enemy who possesses an unexplainable ability to locate the diseases hosts. Violent and unpredictable Perry is both the nations best hope and a terrifying liability. Hardened CIA veteran Dew Phillips must somehow forge a connection with him if theyre going to stand a chance against this maddeningly adaptable opponent. Alongside them is Margaret Montoya a brilliant epidemiologist who fights for a cure even as she reels under the weight of endless horrors.These three and their team have kept humanity in the game but thats not good enough anymore not when the disease turns contagious triggering a fast countdown to Armageddon. Meanwhile other enemies join the battle and a new threat  one that comes from a most unexpected source  may ultimately prove the most dangerous of all.Catapulting the reader into a world where humanitys life span is measured in hours and the presidents finger hovers over the nuclear button rising star Scott Sigler takes us on a breathtaking hyper-adrenalized ride filled with terror and jaw-dropping action. Contagious is a truly grand work of suspense science and horror from a new master.
language: English
title: Contagious
publisher: Crown