The Hero Virus

‘The Hero Virus’ tells the thrilling story of Chris Taylor,who is hanging on to life by a thread. Recently widowed, his only reason tocarry on is his faithful Labrador, but even that doesn’t stop his willingnessto gamble with death every day. When his companion suffers a violent demise,Taylor thinks he has nothing left to live for, until he discovers he haschanced upon a precious gift… he has become very ill. The illness gives him special powers and, fairly soon, theauthorities are swooping on to the ever-increasing list of cases. The HeroVirus might be different to other illnesses, but it’s no less dangerous. Theeffect it has on the world, though, is wildly different to any other virus thathas come before.The unique reaction of the human body to infection means thateveryone wants it. And some will do anything to get it. How do you stop a pandemic when there are people who willkill for the virus? How do you stop people getting infected when they’rewilling to die for it? How do you stop the infected when they have abilitiesnobody has ever seen before?