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The World Below

(2026)
(The first book in the World series)
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In the near future, a nano-plague breaks out across America when a scientist smuggles a new technology onto a Boeing 737 full of 200 passengers, never suspecting that this flight will be his last.

An unemployed paramedic who rips off accident victims has no clue he just stole something vitally important to the security of the nation.

A billionaire has built an impenetrable bunker to protect his family from the end of the world, only to discover that he can’t keep them safe from human nature.

And two gifted children who communicate telepathically share a secret that can save the world.

In this darkly glittering new thriller series, the as-yet-incurable epidemic will either tear the world apart or bring it together, but with society collapsing before their eyes, most will to anything to protect the ones they love—even the most unimaginably twisted things.

From the award-winning author of ‘Trace of Evil’ and the bestselling thriller ‘The Breathtaker’ comes a fictional tour de force full of shining moments of love and loss, where good must prevail and overcome the darkness.

For fans of A.G. Riddle, Eva St. John, Josh Malerman, Andy Weir, Justin Cronin, Jess Lourey, Andrew Mayne, Douglas E. Richards, Marcus Sakey, Alexandra Oliva, and Diane Setterfield.

For those who liked The Stand, The Last of Us, Station Eleven, The Passage, World War Z, Girl with All the Gifts and Andromeda Strain.

This is a work of fiction that explores themes of abuse, trauma, violence and other catastrophic events. It’s an imaginary story based on real science about the end of the world and all that that entails.

Praise for Alice Blanchard:

"Blanchard is a superb storyteller." ― Mystery & Suspense Magazine

‘Blanchard's prose is swift and cinematic.’ ― Publisher's Weekly

‘Blanchard may have literary roots, but she proves she can hold her own with the plot-wielding, bestselling big boys.’ ― Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

‘A veteran storyteller at the peak of her powers.’ ― New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard

‘Blanchard writes with a gifted pen.’ ― Bookreporter

Ms. Blanchard writes uncommonly well." ― Wall Street Journal


Genre: Science Fiction

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