Synopsis: Reporter goes to Con. People start coming down with Con Crud. Twist it's not actually ConCrud its actually an antibiotic resistant bug,

Having grown up in a prep-er household, I've read more apocalyptic works then I care to count. They were very much a staple of what I read in High School. This book is something I would have inhaled back then.

However unlike the pieces of fiction I read in High School it feels like Cal McDermid has worked to ensure their work is rooted in science to the best of their ability. Which was nice to see.

My favorite part though is Kathryn Briggs' art. There are whole pages that I would sit and look at trying to dissect everything that was depicted. Especially towards the end of the novel as it begins to move towards an art style that we think of being similar to books from the middle ages. Drawing parallels to the destruction and chaos that the Black death caused.
I would recommend this book at minimum for Kathryn's illustrations in the last half of this book.;