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The Fevered World

A Novel of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

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Pub Date Feb 23 2027 | Archive Date Dec 27 2026


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Description

For readers of Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars and Kristin Hannah’s The Women—a story of a father and daughter on the medical front of the Spanish Flu and World War I, each fighting the same invisible enemy from opposite sides of the world.

“Overall, [The Fevered World] feels like a masterful blend of works by historical mystery author Jacqueline Winspear and historian John M. Barry.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

When duties collide, how do you choose?

On the Kansas prairie, as The Great War rages in Europe, Dr. Lorne Miller confronts a mysterious illness swiftly killing otherwise healthy adults. As answers remain elusive and fear spreads, his daughter Helen returns home, fresh from nursing school and already planning her return to Boston and the suffrage work that calls to her.

When Lorne makes an agonizing choice he will forever regret, Helen chooses defiance—audaciously joining the Army Nurse Corps and sailing for Europe, carrying a blame she lays squarely at her father’s feet.

From America’s heartland to New York City’s Department of Health and field hospitals in France, father and daughter battle in laboratories and operating theaters: he racing to develop a vaccine as the government suppresses the truth, she discovering purpose in the chaos of combat surgery. Separated by an ocean but bound by love and loss, each must confront the limits of conviction and control, and each must lose everything before they can find what—and who—they cannot live without.
For readers of Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars and Kristin Hannah’s The Women—a story of a father and daughter on the medical front of the Spanish Flu and World War I, each fighting the same...

A Note From the Publisher

Dee Andrews grew up in Kansas asking questions about the past and the people who shaped it. While living in Spain in 2009, her interest about the Spanish Flu piqued when she learned it may have originated in Kansas, sparking years of research into the overlooked history. A journalist by training and a graduate of Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s The Book Project, she brings the same curiosity that launched her research to the page. Her short story “The Enemy Within,” which inspired the novel, received honors from Glimmer Train. The Fevered World is her debut novel. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Dee Andrews grew up in Kansas asking questions about the past and the people who shaped it. While living in Spain in 2009, her interest about the Spanish Flu piqued when she learned it may have...


Advance Praise

“A seismic moment in history, told through the intimate connection between a father and daughter. In her accomplished debut, Dee Andrews seamlessly takes the reader from the Kansas prairies to the field hospitals of France as a devastating influenza epidemic takes hold. Historical fiction at its best resonates through the beat of human hearts. This novel does that wonderfully.”—Hazel Gaynor, New York Times best-selling author of Before Dorothy

“Overall, [The Fevered World] feels like a masterful blend of works by historical mystery author Jacqueline Winspear and historian John M. Barry . . . A vivid drama set at the intersection of WWI and a global health crisis.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Gripping, moving, and beautifully written, The Fevered World brings to life the pandemic that came before ours. Haunting and compelling, this is the kind of novel that stays with you long after you’ve set it down.”—Jennie Fields, author of Atomic Love

“...a fascinating look at the emergence of the Spanish flu and the impossible choices it forced on a world already at war. Seen through the eyes of a father and his daughter, both devastated by loss and battling the virus on different fronts...transports you from the Kansas prairie to the field hospitals of France, capturing your heart along the way. A powerful, moving, and unforgettable read.”—Amanda Skenandore, author of The Nurse's Secret

“...uses the chaos and desperation surrounding WWI and the Spanish flu pandemic as building blocks to skillfully create a story that, at its heart, is a father and daughter’s search for answers and the impossible choices that drive their journey.”—Alix Rickloff, author of The Girls in Navy Blue

“...sweeping and well-researched...The highly detailed story encompasses both pandemic’s effect on two heroic individuals and how the demands of war accelerated its calamitous spread.”—Terri Lewis, author of When They Came Home

“A seismic moment in history, told through the intimate connection between a father and daughter. In her accomplished debut, Dee Andrews seamlessly takes the reader from the Kansas prairies to the...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798896364306
PRICE $18.99 (USD)
PAGES 256

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BISAC Codes

FIC014040 FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War I
FIC035000 FICTION / Medical
FIC045000 FICTION / Family Life / General