Mystery novelist Paisley Sterling's daughter got engaged to the young doctor who came to town from the CDC to investigate a medical mystery -- and now he's accused of rape and murder! Paisley must clear his name before the lynch mob finds him. What she discovers as she investigates is truly horrifying -- a terror that threatens not just her daughter's fiance, not just their rural Kentucky community, but ultimately the future of the human species. This tale of bioterror in the American heartland is E. Joan Sims's breakout book, and in this year of war and terror, it's as timely as it is riveting.