In this original bio-thriller from the author of Beggars in Spain, the
threat of terrorism and biological warfare is all too real when the
danger comes from a family's most cherished pets.
Tessa Sanderson, ex-FBI agent, has moved to a sleepy Maryland town to
escape her tragic past. When the town's beloved dogs begin viciously
attacking pet owners and their children, federal CDC agents determine
that the dogs are carrying a mutated flu affecting the aggression center
of their brains, for which there is no known cure. Tessa offers her
unofficial assistance to Animal Control Officer Jess Langstrom, who has
been ordered to round up all the dogs and quarantine them. Meanwhile,
some of the locals, unconvinced of the threat, are preparing to protect
their pets by any means necessary. But Tessa, the widow of an Arab who
roused the suspicions of her FBI colleagues, has another secret: Someone
is sending her threatening e-mails in Arabic that claim responsibility
for the virus, and she resolves to go deep undercover to expose a deadly
conspiracy.