Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Time of the Fourth Horseman

by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

  The incubation period for the new polio was about five weeks. They would have that long to find a cure, or they would face paralysis or death, as Harry was doing now. He would give them the choice they were unwilling to give others.

  Now the plane banked, and Harry could see the land below, lit by the long golden fingers of afternoon. Far away the fire in Stockton shone like a torch, and as Harry watched it, he thought of the brightness he had seen in Natalie’s eyes, and he felt himself grow cold.

  And then the mountains rose between them as the plane sped eastward into the night.

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  TK scanned and proofed. (v1.0) (html) NOV 2011.