The Plague Tales
By Ann Benson - this book has two parts: the "present" and the past. We alternate back and forth from the lives of the characters from the past during the time of plague in Europe, to the lives of the characters in the present. They are connected and this connection was expected, dreaded and prepared for. The result of the past and present coming together has the potential to wipe out 90% of the world. I found it interesting that in this version of the future, a virulent disease has devastated America but was much better contained in Europe because it took the U.S. a year to finally close down it's borders to Mexico where the disease
was entering. So soon after the swine flu alert it seemed almost prophetic. Luckily the almost is there. I enjoyed this book. It was kind of a cross between a historical fiction and a medical thriller. It's not listed as a series but her next book has one of the main characters who is a jewish doctor and his "foster daughter" who is really the bastard child of the King of England trying to escape the wrath of the royal family.
was entering. So soon after the swine flu alert it seemed almost prophetic. Luckily the almost is there. I enjoyed this book. It was kind of a cross between a historical fiction and a medical thriller. It's not listed as a series but her next book has one of the main characters who is a jewish doctor and his "foster daughter" who is really the bastard child of the King of England trying to escape the wrath of the royal family.
