How does a virus escape into the general population? The Burning Water offers one frightening possibility.
An unscrupulous North Korean doctor runs a secret research operation near the Chinese border. He is developing viruses based on genetic information, using African orphan children as his subjects.
One winter day at this isolated facility, a boy squirms while getting an injection. The needle holding an experimental virus is knocked out before itβs empty and some of the virus is exposed to the air.
An American journalist joins forces with a Chinese doctor, and a doctor and nurse from this blandly named Childrenβs Research Institute. Surrounded by the dead and dying, they rush to understand what has happenedβand what the consequences will be for a world that has never seen a global pandemic like this before.
The Burning Water is the story of how the virus spreads, the heroic efforts of those who try and stop itβand the deadly secret the virus holds.
Ripped from the headlines, The Burning Water explores how a deadly virus like SARS or COVID-19 can escape a laboratory, infect local people-- and then spread world-wide.
Award winning author Neil Plakcy creates believable characters and situations, ones that tug at heart strings as they urge both compassion and action.
From a Goodreads review: "As with everything Plakcy writes, included with the mystery, suspense and death, there is a welcome dose of history. The historical details are is so cleverly inserted that, until you finish reading his books, you donβt realize what an expert history lesson youβve just received." **