IMMUNE

A truly unique and absorbing book in its frightening portrayal of what happens to the world after an experiment in a small laboratory outside London goes dramatically wrong. The world is changed forever through the actions of a lonely man with gambling debts who in trying to change his fortune and make a name for himself cuts corners while experimenting with Q fever the world's most infectious disease. After combining the deadly concoction with Nano-Particles in a vain search for the fountain of youth and a cure for Progeria he sets off a catastrophe for mankind. But there are a few people lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time who discover that they are immune to this terrifying new disease learning how to survive with a starving and rapidly ageing population. A descent into widespread death violence cannibalism and anarchy - all triggered by one man's fatal search for money and fame..