On an ordinary Tuesday morning, Dr. Mara Voss identifies a pathogen in her lab that shouldn't exist: a viral-prion-fungal hybrid capable of extinguishing every trace of fear in the human brain. Just hours later, the city of Ashcombe is brought to its knees. As hordes of the infected flood the streets, Mara has less than 48 hours to reach her sister Lily-who survived the initial exposure and may hold the key to a cure. Waiting for her are not only the walking dead but also Colonel Elena Reyes, prepared to torch the entire containment zone if science fails to provide concrete proof in time. Amidst desperate escapes, a government conspiracy buried in a forgotten cave, and a family secret that rewrites everything Mara thought she knew...
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