**Many years ago** orphans Bea, her brother Sebastian, Helen, Sandra and John lived together in a home, with their carer Miriam. But Miriam didn't care at all. If you asked the children, they would have said that Miriam hated them. And it's no fun living with someone who hates you, so the children d
We All Fall Down
β Scribed by Michael Harvey
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307700437
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Chicago cop turned private investigator Michael Kelly is racing to save his city from a deadly new foe: a biological weapon unleashed underground.
When a lightbulb falls in a subway tunnel, it releases a pathogen that could kill millions. While the mayor postures, people begin to die, especially on the cityβs grim West Side. Hospitals become morgues. L trains are converted into rolling hearses. Finally, the government acts, sealing off entire sections of the cityβbut are they keeping people out or in? Meanwhile, Michael Kellyβs hunt for the people who poisoned his city takes him into the tangled underworld of Chicagoβs West Side gangs and the even more frightening world of black biologyβan elite discipline emerging from the nationβs premier labs, where scientists play God and will stop at nothing to preserve their secrecy.
Itβs a brave new world . . . and the most audacious page-turner yet from an emerging modern master.
From the Hardcover edition.
β¦ Subjects
Conspiracy Theories
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