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DAVID MOODY




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This edition published 2005
Copyright David Moody 2002

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Prologue


Billions died in less than twenty-four hours.
William Price was one of the first.
Price had been out of bed for less than ten minutes when it began. He had been standing in the kitchen
when heтАЩd felt the first pains. By the time heтАЩd reached his wife in the living room he was almost dead.
The virus caused the lining of his throat to dry and then to swell at a remarkable rate. Less than forty
seconds after initial infection the swelling had blocked his windpipe. As he fought for air the swellings