The Murder Plague

An engineered virus that attacks the brain leaks from a research lab and spreads quickly, causing infected people to go into psychotic rage. Before almost anyone knows what is happening, a well-armed America is terrorized by a pandemic of violence.

Kanetha Wilson—friend of the first victim—is first to recognize that something is not as it seems. She inspires a small cadre of scientists and others into a breakneck, lonely, and lawless mission to identify and stop the murder plague. They must rebel against scientific and political establishments and public opinion hardened against taking pandemics seriously. More importantly, they must stay alive themselves, when crazed murderers might appear anywhere, and when madness might be only a breath away.

Set in Orlando, Florida—where tourists from all over can quickly spread contagion—The Murder Plague is a dystopian thriller transpiring not long after the COVID crisis. Scott Michael Powers, author of the UFO-hunt thriller The Roswell Swatch, delivers a fast-paced tale full of suspense, riveting action, high stakes concerns for science and society, and heart.

Read The Murder Plague and see what the next genetic engineering accident might cause, and what it might take to stop it.

Scott Michael Powers is an author of thrillers inspired and directed by aspects of science fiction or other speculative fictions. His published works include the UFO-hunt novel The Roswell Swatch and the short stories The Brazilian Millionaire's Butler and The Thirteenth Floor. Powers was born in Ohio and grew up all over the country, eventually in Texas. After studying both journalism and creative writing at Ohio University, he pursued a journalism career for decades while keeping his ink wet for his creative writing. He and his wife Connie Powers now live in Orlando, Florida. He roams the region in study of The Florida Man, seeking ways to include him in stories.