When the Ball Dropped

<p>On the eve of a new decade the world watched Times Square light up in dazzling brilliance. Confetti danced through the air the final countdown echoed from every screen and a million voices roared in celebration. But when the ball dropped... so did everything else.</p><p>Unbeknownst to the cheering crowds a deadly bioweapon had been quietly released-a viral agent engineered by a shadowy terror cell to turn humans into mindless ravenous husks. Within hours the heart of New York City becomes ground zero for a nightmare that spreads faster than it can be understood.</p><p>Caught in the epicenter of the outbreak are four longtime friends: Leah a sharp-eyed barista with a sketchbook full of secrets; Malik a data analyst whose conspiracy theories may now be horrifying truth; Beck a cynical bartender with a buried past; and Rachel an exhausted ER nurse whose fight for life has only just begun. What started as a casual night together turns into a desperate bid for survival as the city they love descends into chaos.</p><p><em>When the Ball Dropped</em> is a pulse-pounding character-driven thriller about what happens in the split second between celebration and apocalypse-and what it means to fight back when humanity itself is unraveling.</p>