The Genius Plague

WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU SMARTERIn this science fiction thriller, brothers are pitted against each other as a pandemic threatens to destabilize world governments by exerting a subtle mind control over survivors.Neil Johns has just started his dream job as a code breaker in the NSA when his brother Paul, a mycologist, goes missing on a trip to collect samples in the Amazon jungle. Paul returns with a gap in his memory and a fungal infection that almost kills him. But when he recovers, it is with enhanced communication, memory, and pattern recognition. Meanwhile, something is happening in South America; others, like Paul, have fallen ill and recovered more intelligent than they were before. But that's not the only pattern—the survivors, from entire remote Brazilian tribes to American tourists, all seem to be working toward a common, and deadly, goal. Neil soon uncovers a secret, and unexplained alliance between governments that have...