Description: The Michaluk Virus is loose.
It will take all of Cade's skills to survive it. A deadly virus has escaped the CDC in Atlanta, and Cade Alton is blindsided when it reaches Memphis and strikes down the heart of her family in a frenzy of blood and terror. Forced to dredge up military skills she hasn't used in years, Cade teams up with her best friend in order to survive the onslaught and escape the city. But fleeing Memphis doesn't mean the end of her troubles. As the virus continues its relentless spread across the Southeastern United States, she finds herself surrounded by virtual strangers who have banded together for survival. And not everyone is getting along. When the virus reaches their Mississippi safe house and they're forced to flee, Cade is faced with a difficult choice: accompany her best friend back to Memphis in a search for his wife, or travel with the others to rescue a survivor trapped in Biloxi. No matter which she chooses, the options will have deep repercussions not only on her life, but on the group's very survival. Contains mature themes.Brief description: Jessica Meigs is the author of The Becoming, a post-apocalyptic thriller series that follows a group of people trying to survive a massive viral outbreak in the southeastern United States. After self-publishing two novellas that now make up part of the first book in the series, in April 2011, she accepted a deal with Permuted Press to publish the story as a series of novels. The first of the series, entitled The Becoming, was released in November 2011 and was named one of Barnes & Noble's Best Zombie Fiction Releases of the Decade by reviewer Paul Goat Allen. Five more novels followed. In 2019, Jessica began self-publishing again, this time exploring a new universe with the Unnaturals series, in which a group of government-employed agents discover that the wheels of the Biblical apocalypse are in motion and they're the only ones who can stop it. In late 2020, after obtaining the rights for the series back from the publisher, Jessica began reissuing the Becoming series in revised and expanded editions. The new editions of the series are available now on all major eBook retailers, with new novels in the series coming soon. Jessica lives in semi-obscurity in Demopolis, Alabama. When she's not writing, she works full-time as an editor, copyeditor, and proofreader. She can be found on a variety of social media platforms and on her website at jessicameigs.com.