Rabid

The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind's oldest and most fearsome foes. "A searing narrative." -The New York Times "In this keen and exceptionally well-written book, rife with surprises, narrative suspense and a steady flow of expansive insights, 'the world's most diabolical virus' conquers the unsuspecting reader's imaginative nervous system. . . . A smart, unsettling, and strangely stirring piece of work." -San Francisco Chronicle "Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons." -The Wall Street Journal

The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind's oldest and most fearsome foes. "A searing narrative." -The New York Times "In this keen and exceptionally well-written book, rife with surprises, narrative suspense and a steady flow of expansive insights, 'the world's most diabolical virus' conquers the unsuspecting reader's imaginative nervous system. . . . A smart, unsettling, and strangely stirring piece of work." -San Francisco Chronicle "Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons." -The Wall Street Journal

I've been waiting my whole life to get my wolf. But now that the time is here, I need to ¿¿¿. ¿ ¿ Three years ago, a nightmare of an alpha took over my pack by force, and ever since, he's been trying to do the same to me. ¿ I can't let that happen.¿ ¿ I need to escape him before he can lay a claim, flee from what I've always wanted, or risk getting a wolf that will submit to him. ¿ But nothing goes to plan. When I'm forced to take on my wolf spirit, my alpha attacks, and the fight shatters us in ways we never knew possible. ¿ ¿ Now we're broken. Jagged. ¿¿¿¿¿. ¿ ¿ To punish me, punish ¿¿ for not submitting, my new wolf and I are thrown away to a savage pack, where we come face to face with Ruin Falls and the biggest monster of them all. ¿ ¿ Alpha Tyran. ¿ ¿ But...maybe a monster is exactly what a rabid bitch like me needs. ¿ ¿ Will my wolf and I snap, lost to our fractured savagery? Or will this ferocious alpha teach us just what our broken nature is capable of? Maybe we can get our revenge. ...That is, if we're rabid enough to take it.

I've been waiting my whole life to get my wolf. But now that the time is here, I need to ¿¿¿. ¿ ¿ Three years ago, a nightmare of an alpha took over my pack by force, and ever since, he's been trying to do the same to me. ¿ I can't let that happen.¿ ¿ I need to escape him before he can lay a claim, flee from what I've always wanted, or risk getting a wolf that will submit to him. ¿ But nothing goes to plan. When I'm forced to take on my wolf spirit, my alpha attacks, and the fight shatters us in ways we never knew possible. ¿ ¿ Now we're broken. Jagged. ¿¿¿¿¿. ¿ ¿ To punish me, punish ¿¿ for not submitting, my new wolf and I are thrown away to a savage pack, where we come face to face with Ruin Falls and the biggest monster of them all. ¿ ¿ Alpha Tyran. ¿ ¿ But...maybe a monster is exactly what a rabid bitch like me needs. ¿ ¿ Will my wolf and I snap, lost to our fractured savagery? Or will this ferocious alpha teach us just what our broken nature is capable of? Maybe we can get our revenge. ...That is, if we're rabid enough to take it.