CORDYCEPS IS UNSTOPPABLE.From the author of Cordyceps, and Cordyceps Resurgentis, comes the third and most pervasive strain of the pathogen yet: Victoriosis. This time, Cordyceps breaks out in five major cities at once. Communications networks collapse. Looting is rampant. Containment strategies prove ineffective. Few are expected to survive.Cole McGinnis is standing on the side of his overturned car, a hot AR-15 in his hands and a horde of the infected grabbing for his ankles.

This is not one of his nightmares, relived from the first outbreak-it's happening all over again.Trubilinski is summoned to Washington by a new President. Not for his advice, but to serve as a scapegoat while the administration retreats to a bunker-unless the general and his hand-picked team of former SEALs can stop them.If Cordyceps succeeds, it will render humanity no more than mulch for its paradise.Its message for our kind is very simple:You may die now.