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FADING DEATH
The Y2K Bug never attacked computers. Something elsetargeted humanity.
In late July 2000, the world’s paranoia over the newmillennium didn’t come from a computer—it came from afever. When the H7N7 avian flu mutated into the airborneK-variant, it unleashed a plague of feral, hyper-aggressiveinfected that brought the world to a halt. Now, one monthinto the collapse of society, the remnants of thegovernment have abandoned rescue protocols to focus onthe ruthless purge of the infection and contingency.
Gulf War veteran Daniel Diaz no longer has a missionobjective. Trapped in the burning quarantine zones ofBoston, he is forced to lead a group of fracturedsurvivors out of the smoking ruins of the city to findsanctuary in Acadia National Park.
But the road to Maine is a harrowing tale of convergence.As Diaz and the group push through the rubble of NewEngland, their journey intertwines with others fightingtheir own desperate battles of survival. A Marine haulinga lost payload that might hold a cure. A downed AirForce pilot surviving a grueling death march in thewoods of Maine. And a college kid donning medieval platearmor to face the Black Death of our time.
In a world of Fading Death, finding one another is theironly hope.
LVX LVCET IN TENEBRIS
It means the light that shines in darkness. And that is what I hope to inspire in others through your own creative outlets. For me, I found it through writing.
Jonathan D. Soto
Jonathan Soto is a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy. Now he’s committed to telling the stories he’s been wanting to experience. Fading Death is his debut novel and he hopes to bring out raw emotion from readers and create stories that leave lasting impressions. He lives in Southern California with his dog, Arlo (the real brains of the organization). He finds inspiration while hiking on trails or drifting under the sea in scuba gear.