Like a lightning strike, she was wide awake, unsure where she was or what woke her up. It was late spring, and the rain was pouring down so hard that one could hardly think. She had no idea why she was sweating so profusely because the apartment was not that hot. Perhaps it was some kind of omen, she persuaded herself. Then she heard the jarring sounds that no child should hear.
Pandemic is a fiction using some of the characters in the Unlikely Agent series. It focuses on the potential greed of pharmaceuticals during a crisis.