The Line Between
Book description
In this frighteningly believable thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee, an extinct disease re-emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost to cause madness in its victims. For recent apocalyptic cult escapee Wynter Roth, it's the end she'd always been told was coming.
When Wynter Roth is turned out…
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It was disturbing for me to think that the melting of Alaskan permafrost could actually unleash a disease that spreads and causes its victims to go mad. But the more I thought about it, the more realistic it seemed. Ebola, after all, was spread the same way, except by unearthing tropical soil.
A doomsday cult, which I love reading about, is involved in a sinister plot, and the world falls into chaos and is on the brink of apocalypse. To my delight, I got it all from this book: conspiracy, thrills, a sinister subplot, and a bit of romance. Tosca…
From Andrew's list on thrillers about pandemics and medical mysteries.
I’m not usually a thriller reader, because I figure my life is tense enough as it is!
But Tosca Lee’s premise was so arresting—the combination of escaping a cult + pandemic—it resonated so deeply with our times, I had to read it. I’m so glad I did.
Wynter struggles with the same questions I do, but the stakes were exponentially higher for her. So it had the advantage of affirming me while also reassuring me that really, my own life and times aren’t so bad!
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