Inherited

<p><b>INHERITED</b></p><p><b>A disgraced microbiologist. A mysterious outbreak. A legacy no one understands-until it's too late.</b></p><p>Anna Wainwright was brilliant-once. Now she's drifting numbed by a drug she can't quite quit and entangled with the man who feeds it to her. When her younger sister collapses after a violent insect-borne attack Anna's instincts flare back to life. The illness isn't random. It's choosing its victims-and she's running out of time to learn why.</p><p>Mik is a charismatic foreign researcher who speaks in riddles. His theories about inherited markers and ancient divergence strike her as both eccentric and absurd-but their connection is chemical cerebral and physical.</p><p>They are not alone.<br /><b>Charlie</b>-a war-scarred grandfather-throws himself into Anna's investigation driven by a loss he can't outrun.<br /><b>Diana</b> keeps vigil beside her comatose son only to discover the mystery is far closer to home than she could've ever imagined.<br /><b>Brooks</b> desperate to atone places his last hope in the hands of the very man now investigating him.</p><p>Each step forward reveals more than a disease. Journals scrawled in an obscure tongue and symbols no database can trace point to something older. Something watching. Something that remembers.</p><p><b>Told through five interwoven perspectives </b><b><i>INHERITED</i></b><b> is a visceral speculative thriller by new novelist Alex Crevelling about the quiet terror of being known by forces you never knew existed-and the cost of uncovering a legacy you never chose.</b></p><p><strong>Some legacies are whispered.<br /></strong><strong>Some legacies are stolen.<br /></strong><strong>Others are INHERITED</strong>.</p>