James Axler

Compassion is a luxury in a brutal land where life is cheap, but Dr. Mildred Wyeth holds fast to her physician's oath to show mercy. Now she's stricken by a plague that brings on a deep craving for human flesh. Unwilling to lose one of their own to this pervasive pestilence without a fight, the companions follow the trail to Cajun country.

Ryan Cawdor and his wayfarer companions roam the post-apocalyptic Deathlands, driven to survive and lured by rumors of lost technology-- the key to renewed hope and prosperity. Yet others have visions too. A secret community of scientists has control of an orbiting transformer that in a single step could return electricity to America-- or become the ultimate weapon of terror. But there are those equally dedicated to halting the evil mastermind before...