"Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four percent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselves "locked in"--fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. One per cent doesn't seem like a lot. But in the United States, that's 1.7 million people "locked in"...including the President's...

"Kniga o tom, kak desi͡atʹ sovetskikh zhenshchin, okazavshisʹ v odnoĭ palate rodilʹnogo doma, vdrug uznai͡ut, chto v dannom uchrezhdenii obʺi͡avlen karantin i im pridëtsi͡a provesti v ego stenakh eshchë desi͡atʹ dneĭ. Odnoĭ iz nikh prikhodit v golovu povtoritʹ istorii͡u, rasskazannui͡u florentiĭskim sochinitelem Bokkachcho: vse desi͡atʹ dneĭ karantina rasskazyvatʹ drug druzhke o zhizni, o muzhchinakh, o li͡ubvi, o revnosti...

"In the shadows of New York City lies forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of century-old quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned by contagions and the doctors who torment her. When Finn, a young urban explorer, arrives on the island and glimpses an enigmatic beauty through the foliage, intrigue turns to obsession as he seeks to...