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A deadly virus has been discovered that is consuming the world and turning everyone to ashes. Best friends AB (a self-absorbed playboy) and Clayton, a family man, work for the CDC and are determined to stop it. Despite their best efforts, the virus moves too fast and wipes out all those in its path… or almost. AB stands in horror as everyone around him dies. However, his DNA is different. He is a chimera. His lab has kept a list of others with unusual DNA, and he has promised Clayton that he will look for them.
Soon, a run of bad luck, including a tornado, a landslide, and a house fire, leaves AB feeling completely despondent and in a drunken state of fury. It will take an alien woman whom he impregnates to get him back on track. When she leaves him and the planet shortly before his son is born, will AB return to anger, substance abuse, and depression?
The author offers a fast-paced, pandemic-related, post-apocalyptic novel. The writing is simple but the speed at which the novel moves will help maintain interest for those often bored with books that develop more slowly. The plot continues to throw new circumstances at the protagonist and the reader with almost every chapter. Although AB is not a very likable character at the beginning of the narrative, he becomes more human as the story builds. Those who want a high-speed read and are looking for a post-apocalyptic book with a unique plot twist or two will be rewarded with a quick-hitting and action-filled afternoon of entertainment.