The Last Plague

Summary

As a weaponized vaccine creates worldwide panic, a quirky pathologist discovers his boss is a mad scientist obsessed with exploring the limits of medicine, no matter the cost. Atlanta, GA, 2050. Dr. Avit Arceneaux lives each day with the scars of science without ethics. As a clone, his eyes, inner ear, and kidney were harvested before clone rights were even recognized. Nevertheless, Avit is a hot mess with glaring potential. A research pathologist on the Panacea Team, he investigates glitches in a vaccine that promises functional immortality.  When Surgeon General Story Patout personally requests a stat autopsy of a young soldier, Avit’s findings could not be more shocking. The young soldier rotted from the inside out. Avit alerts Patout, the chaos in a white lab coat, but instead of halting the inoculation drive, the megalomaniac targets Avit and forcibly subjects him to a genetic manipulation project. As the soldier’s death goes unexplained and the vaccine unleashes a global pandemic, Avit is besieged by his changing DNA signature. Can Avit stop the devastating consequences of medical catastrophe? Who died? Who didn’t? The Last Plague is the first pulse-pounding book of the author’s exhilarating medical thriller series. If you like pause-resisting action, mind-bending twists and turns, and alarming dystopias, then you’ll love Dawn C. Crouch’s emotionally relentless tale. Buy The Last Plague to dive into the eerily prescient future today!

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