Bøker av Richard T Burke

Book one of the ground-breaking Decimation trilogyFifteen years ago, the Orestes virus first emerged, sweeping across the globe and infecting every living person within a matter of days. Despite the best efforts of the scientific community, there is no treatment, no vaccine. It lies dormant until a woman gives birth. Then she dies.Teenage wheelchair athlete, Antimone Lessing, can't remember how she got pregnant. She thinks her life is over as the doctors prepare to deliver her baby. Meanwhile, a hunt is underway to arrest the man suspected of raping her, but even if the police catch him, it will be too late for Antimone. When she unexpectedly survives, she becomes a vital clue in the race to develop a cure before the global population declines beyond the point of no return.But survival comes at a price. As her doctors try to understand why she is still alive, she must choose between preserving humanity's future and protecting the life of her newborn child.How far would you go to save the human race?What the reviewers are saying: 5★ A real page turner that had me hooked from start to finish.5★ OMG an absolutely fantastic read with brilliant characters.5★ The author has you hooked from the start and does not disappoint.5★ Exceedingly good book!5★ I loved the concept of this story.

I can see the colour of your soul.Annalise Becker wakes from an eleven month coma with the ability to sense a person's aura. But why won't her family tell her what happened? What dark secret is her mother hiding? And why is there a guard outside her hospital room?Hunted by a psychopathic killer and accused of a crime she can't remember, she must use her new skill to separate the truth from the lies before it is too late.