An extraterrestrial threat has been found deep in the waters of Lake Michigan in the form of highly contagious microscopic organisms designed to turn humans into one of three forms: infectious Puffballs, über-intelligent Leaders or hulking masses of muscle and bone assembled from multiple bodies. The horrific science fiction story Scott Sigler began in Infected and Contagious continues in Pandemic. Dr. Margaret Montoya saved the world from the alien threat once before, but will she live long enough to do it again?
This time around, Montoya, her soon-to-be ex-husband, Clarence Otto, and quirky ladies' man Dr. Tim Feely are dispatched underneath the great lake to find a cure for the deadly disease, which is rapidly spreading across the globe. Against the otherworldly threat, they're armed with only the scientific process--and a team of Navy SEALs.
Sigler writes on a grand scale, but never forgets the human story, drawing realistic, believable characters with strengths and weaknesses. Pandemic works for readers of the first two books as well as those coming to the story cold. It's a grisly, intense tale of how fragile we are in the face of an infectious disease. --Rob LeFebvre, freelance writer and editor