viruses

"In the conclusion to The Fallen World trilogy, Kaelyn and her friends must protect the cure they have found from deadly enemies while searching for a true safe haven"--Provided by publisher.

Fifteen-year-old Elijah, in the company of a group of freedom fighters, attempts to cross the Andes Mountains, while pursued by troops of the paramilitary force known as the Propater which is trying to take control of the world in the wake of a devastating pandemic.

As the Closure virus begins to mutate, Sophie and Kenji continue to fight Propator forces and protect a Chinese political leader.

By 2112, the Closure Virus has already wiped out about one-third of the world's population, but it mutates again to infect not only people and living creatures-but inorganic matter as well. This new threat overruns several major cities, creating huge crystalline shapes with the matter it absorbs.

"Once there was a world's end. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy. The boy's name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze. Now there are secrets. There are lies. And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen. This is the story of that boy, Thomas, and how he built a maze that only he could tear down"--Provided by publisher.

In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers.

The epidemic sweeping the country is nicknamed Dragonscale for the marks it tattoos across its victims before they burst into flames, and it's quickly tearing civilization apart. Nurse Harper Grayson contracts the disease and then learns she's pregnant. Instead of committing suicide, she decides to live long enough to deliver her healthy baby. Her husband Jakob goes crazy and Harper's only hope is a mysterious figure called The Fireman who has the disease but has learned to control it.

"Brian and his friends are not part of the cool crowd. They're the misfits, the troublemakers--the ones who jump their high school's electrified fence to skip school regularly. So when the virus breaks out, they're the only ones with a chance of surviving"--Provided by publisher.

Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them.