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After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project--including its members' dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried--and some monsters are only too ready...

When a deadly plague strikes Gotham City, Batman and his allies Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman, and Azrael, must race to find a cure and save the citizens before it's too late.

"John Stewart returns as Green Lantern for a story about rediscovering your past and forging your future as a Guardian! Just when John Stewart thought he was out as a Green Lantern...he's pulled back in! Hanging up the emerald power ring, the once great Green Lantern is giving the post-superhero life a try. This all comes to a screeching halt when a mysterious Guardian from another universe lands on Earth, seeking John's help. With new threats emerging...

Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history, outbreaks of disease have been exacerbated by and gone on to further expand the racial, economic, and sociopolitical divides we allow to fester in times of good health. Princeton-trained historian Edna Bonhomme's examination of humanity's disastrous...

Madness goes viral in this post-apocalyptic thriller from the author who "like Crichton and H.G. Wells . . . writes stories that entertain roundly" (Publishers Weekly).

The world is not the same since the Pandoravirus horribilis outbreak changed the essence of human nature. Those affected by the disease are consumed by adrenal rage. They erupt in violence with the slightest provocation. And now, infected...

When her father is framed for a biological gas attack suspended Federal cop Leyla is set on a mission to clear her father's name and uncover the truth behind the attack.

" From yellow fever to smallpox to polio to AIDS to COVID-19, epidemics have prompted Americans to make choices and answer questions about their basic values and their laws. In five concise chapters, historian John Fabian Witt traces the legal history of epidemics, showing how infectious disease has both shaped, and been shaped by, the law. Arguing that throughout American history legal approaches to public health have been liberal for some communities...

"A fiercely argued, keenly insightful, hilarious investigation of the impact of COVID-19 on sexual and romantic relationships, in which the author situates her own and others' coupled lockdown experiences against larger backdrop: the politics of the virus, economic disparities, changing gender relations, the ongoing institutional crack-ups prompted by #MeToo and #BLM"-- Provided by publisher.