Greg Bear, Darwin’s Radio. Science Fiction
Three scientists discover that an ancient virus encoded in human DNA has reemerged, unleashing a potential evolutionary apocalypse.

Gary Braver, Flashback.
A young man who wakes from a 3-year coma after being stung by a rare jellyfish may hold the key to a drug that could cure Alzheimer’s but may also cause violent behavior.

John Case, The First Horseman.
When the CIA determines that villagers massacred by the North Korean army were infected with the same flu that killed thousands in 1918, scientists race to retrieve the only known sample of the virus.

Tony Chiu, Positive Match.
A doctor uncovers a link between an organ transplant firm's seemingly unlimited inventory and the smuggling of illegal aliens.

April Christofferson, Clinical Trial.
A doctor on a Blackfoot Reservation is suspicious when a hantavirus epidemic arises at the same time that an experimental vaccine is ready for clinical trial.

Peter Clement, Critical Condition.
A doctor who is paralyzed finds herself an unwilling participant in a stem cell research experiment.

John Darnton, The Experiment.
A man escapes from an island where medical experiments are being conducted and meets an investigative journalist who appears to be his identical twin.

Tess Gerritsen, Gravity.
When an alien organism infects a team of scientists on a space shuttle mission, a NASA doctor on board must work with her estranged husband on Earth to stop the deadly contagion.

Joshua Gilder, Ghost Image.
A plastic surgeon realizes that a horribly injured patient is his lover and he becomes a suspect.

Leonard Goldberg, Deadly Care.
Three patients covered by the same HMO die in mysterious circumstances.

Daniel Hecht, The Babel Effect.
A husband-and-wife team studying the causes of violence discover that it may be the result of a contagious toxin that’s causing a global epidemic.

Chuck Hogan, The Blood Artists.
Two rival scientists unite to stop a deadly virus that seems to have both intelligence & an agenda.

Gregg Hurwitz, Do No Harm.
Hospital staff are terrorized by a man whose mind was damaged by a medical study.

Juris Jurjevics, The Trudeau Vector.
A scientist heads to the Arctic to investigate the mysterious deaths of three researchers, while a Russian admiral seeks a vanished submarine.

Perri Klass, The Mystery of Breathing.
A neonatal specialist begins receiving anonymous letters questioning her ethics and reputation and implicating her in a child’s death.

Jeff Long, Year Zero.
An artifact collector opens a relic and unwittingly releases an ancient airborne plague that is primed to obliterate all life on Earth.

Patrick Lynch, Omega.
When patients at his clinic start dying from antibiotic-resistant infections, a doctor tries to track down a superdrug that is rumored to exist.

Kenneth Oppel, The Devil’s Cure.
An FBI agent and an oncologist track an escaped inmate whose blood may hold the key to a cure for cancer.

Michael Palmer, The Patient.
An assassin who has a brain tumor tries to force a doctor to use an experimental bioengineering tool to save him.

Richard Preston, The Cobra Event.
A CDC doctor discovers that the deaths of a schoolgirl and a homeless man may be the result of bioterrorism.

Frank Robinson, The Donor.
A man wakes up in the hospital after a minor car accident and learns that one of his organs has been stolen—and that this is not the first time.

Leah Ruth Robinson, First Cut.
An emergency room resident fears that a serial killer on the loose near the hospital may be someone she knows and works with.

F. Paul Wilson, The Select.
A poor student accepted to an elite medical school unlocks the sinister secret hidden in Ward C.