F. Paul Wilson

Investigating two burned bodies connected by a mysterious tattoo and a string of baffling miracle cures, medical examiner Laura Hanning follows leads to a cult that claims to possess a fabled healing substance and a violent brotherhood that believes that God intends for humanity to suffer.

After stopping the rampage of a psychotic gunman shooting up a subway car, Rapirman Jack finds himself the target of a tabloid newspaper reporter who is out to make him famous, while a virus used as a groundbreaking new treatment for brain tumors mutates into something dangerous and out to replicated itself.

When an unknown force begins killing Nazi soldiers stationed in the remote Transylvanian Alps, the panicked Nazis bring in a local expert on folklore--who happens to be Jewish--to shed some light on the mysterious killings.

"It's February 1992. Desert Storm is raging in Iraq but twenty-two-year-old Jack has more pressing matters at home. His favorite bar, The Spot, is about to be sold out from under Julio, Jack's friend. Jack has been something of a tag-along to this point, but now he takes the reins and demonstrates his innate talent for seeing biters get bit. With a body count even higher than in Cold City, this second novel of the Early Years Trilogy hurtles Jack...