British scientist Kesta Shelley has dedicated her life to microbes, not people—until she met Tim. He became her partner, her anchor, her everything. Then came the virus that turned London into a graveyard, leaving Tim among the infected.
The government burned the rest. Kesta saved her husband. Now he rots in secret, hidden in their home, sedatives barely keeping the violence at bay. Each night she tends to him, and each day she hides the toll—her drinking, her paranoia, her obsession.
Whispers of a cure are the only hope she clings to, but time is running out. As Tim deteriorates, Kesta must choose: save the man she loves at any cost, or risk unleashing a new outbreak that ends everything.
