Today We Die (The Killing Sands Book 1) by Daniel Wilde

Author:Daniel Wilde [Wilde, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, apocalypse, pandemic
ISBN: 9781773420141
Publisher: IndieBookLauncher.com
Published: 2017-08-22T06:00:00+00:00

January 24, 2093—Anta

“Shift, I haven’t heard from Hasani. It’s been more than 16 hours since we last spoke to him.”

“Hasani appears to be very resourceful.”

“I’m afraid that I won’t ever see or hear from him again.” This time when Shift placed his hand on my shoulder, I felt the reassuring warmth of it. I’ll try not to worry about Hasani and give him more time to contact us.

January 24, 2093—Shift

At our daily staff meeting this morning, Dr. Shevchuk, with the usual sparkle in his eyes, but somewhat more distant now, immediately deferred to John. Every time I look into Shevchuk’s eyes, I feel like a child hearing a bedtime story from a wise old grandfather, even though I never knew either of my grandfathers. I like to hear him talk too. But John had the honors this time. He handed out a press release purportedly from Canada, dated today, author unknown.

“Through a highly unfortunate series of events, which are not yet fully understood, a deadly biological agent was released within the United States Moon Colony at the International Lunar Space Station on January 7, 2093. The communicable agent, dubbed “Anthrax E”, is now known to have reached the moon aboard Egypt VIII, and, within a matter of days, began to spread through the lunar population with terrible velocity.

“Contagion appears to be through the transmission of bacteria via coughing and sneezing, like a common cold. Based upon evidence to date, Anthrax E has a gestation period of approximately eight days from initial infection to death of the host.

“Pursuant to recent, but certainly out-dated reports, more than 9,500 out of the total 14,502 persons within the lunar colonies are infected with Anthrax E, 6,400 of which are now deceased as a result. The Mexican colony, housing over 2,900 persons, is reported to be illness-free.

“Unfortunately, Earth has not been unaffected. Sources that have asked to remain unnamed indicate that Anthrax E was first ‘discovered’, accidentally, by one of Egypt’s most reputable engineers and his tour guide within the Qattara Depression west of Cairo, Egypt. The bacteria spread quickly through the city of El-Alamein; but, through the actions of local and international police forces, a quarantine and isolation process was established which has purportedly held Anthrax E at bay on Earth by burying everyone in El Alamein in hardening foam, possibly killing hundreds, if not thousands of people.

“There have been, to date, no reported cases of Anthrax E outside of El-Alamein, Egypt and the moon. Although medical and bacterial investigators are confident that the outbreak has been contained, it appears that every person within El-Alamein is dead. According to sources, two persons were removed from the isolation zone prior to the application of rigid HMP Foam over the entire zone three days ago. It is presently unknown who these persons are, why they were removed or where they have gone. Two individuals, rumored to have been sent to El-Alamein to investigate Anthrax E, and who are believed to have been in contact with local

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