☣️ Biological Weapon

Thrillers and speculative works centered on engineered pathogens and bioterror, probing the terrifying intersection of science, warfare, and human vulnerability.

The Dragon Factory

by Jonathan Maberry • 2010

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock

The Dragon Factory 89%

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

by Jonathan Maberry 2010

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock

What Really Happened in Wuhan

by Sharri Markson • 2021

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

4.19

1k+

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism

What Really Happened in Wuhan 89%

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

by Sharri Markson 2021

4.19

1k+ ratings

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

Darwin's Radio 88%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

Patient Zero

by Jonathan Maberry • 2009

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

4.00

31k+

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller

Patient Zero 88%

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

by Jonathan Maberry 2009

4.00

31k+ ratings

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller

Written in Fire

by Marcus Sakey • 2016

A federal agent hunts a scientist whose serum gives anyone superhuman gifts, amid civil war.

4.19

15k+

🧬 Enhanced Humans 🔮 Near Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy

Written in Fire 88%

A federal agent hunts a scientist whose serum gives anyone superhuman gifts, amid civil war.

by Marcus Sakey 2016

4.19

15k+ ratings

🧬 Enhanced Humans 🔮 Near Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy

The Devil's Hand

by Jack Carr • 2021

To stop a bioweapon, a former SEAL must hunt its architects before the president erases two cities.

4.45

31k+

🪖 Military Thriller 🦠 Bioweapon Outbreak 🕵️ Deep State

The Devil's Hand 88%

To stop a bioweapon, a former SEAL must hunt its architects before the president erases two cities.

by Jack Carr 2021

4.45

31k+ ratings

🪖 Military Thriller 🦠 Bioweapon Outbreak 🕵️ Deep State

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

274k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach

The Andromeda Strain 88%

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969

3.91

274k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach

Deadliest Enemy

by Michael T. Osterholm • 2017

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

4.33

3k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness

Deadliest Enemy 88%

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

by Michael T. Osterholm 2017

4.33

3k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness

Code of Conduct

by Brad Thor • 2015

A Congo massacre leads a covert operative to a global conspiracy to unleash a weaponized plague.

4.23

17k+

🦠 Bioweapon Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🔫 Covert Operative

Code of Conduct 88%

A Congo massacre leads a covert operative to a global conspiracy to unleash a weaponized plague.

by Brad Thor 2015

4.23

17k+ ratings

🦠 Bioweapon Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🔫 Covert Operative

Lethal Agent

by Kyle Mills • 2019

An ISIS leader has a lethal virus. A senator exploits the panic. One agent fights both.

4.39

21k+

📡 Espionage Thriller 🦠 Bioweapon Thriller 🎯 Lone Operative

Lethal Agent 88%

An ISIS leader has a lethal virus. A senator exploits the panic. One agent fights both.

by Kyle Mills 2019

4.39

21k+ ratings

📡 Espionage Thriller 🦠 Bioweapon Thriller 🎯 Lone Operative

Rainbow Six

by Tom Clancy • 1998

A covert counterterrorism unit uncovers a plot to release a lethal virus at the Sydney Olympics.

4.14

59k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🦠 Bioterrorism

Rainbow Six 88%

A covert counterterrorism unit uncovers a plot to release a lethal virus at the Sydney Olympics.

by Tom Clancy 1998

4.14

59k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🦠 Bioterrorism

The Good Virus

by Tom Ireland • 2023

Bacteria-eating viruses saved lives for a century. Then the West abandoned them as antibiotics rose.

4.38

669

🦠 Phage Therapy 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌍 Microbial Ecology

The Good Virus 88%

Bacteria-eating viruses saved lives for a century. Then the West abandoned them as antibiotics rose.

by Tom Ireland 2023

4.38

669 ratings

🦠 Phage Therapy 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌍 Microbial Ecology

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

Symbiont 88%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

The Doomsday Key

by James Rollins • 2009

When a GMO crop revives an ancient plague, the cure lies buried in a centuries-old conspiracy.

4.18

32k+

🧬 Biotech Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy ☣️ Engineered Plague

The Doomsday Key 87%

When a GMO crop revives an ancient plague, the cure lies buried in a centuries-old conspiracy.

by James Rollins 2009

4.18

32k+ ratings

🧬 Biotech Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy ☣️ Engineered Plague

Executive Orders

by Tom Clancy • 1996

After an attack kills the government, Jack Ryan becomes President and must stop a bioweapon plot.

4.12

54k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🦠 Biological Warfare

Executive Orders 87%

After an attack kills the government, Jack Ryan becomes President and must stop a bioweapon plot.

by Tom Clancy 1996

4.12

54k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🦠 Biological Warfare

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity

Parasite 87%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity

The Premonition

by Michael Lewis • 2021

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

4.32

43k+

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response

The Premonition 87%

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

by Michael Lewis 2021

4.32

43k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood • 2003

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

4.00

290k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans

Oryx and Crake 87%

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

by Margaret Atwood 2003

4.00

290k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans

Superconvergence

by Jamie Metzl • 2024

AI reads code. Genetics writes it. Biotech runs it. The three revolutions are now one.

3.75

313

🧬 Synthetic Biology 🩺 Precision Medicine ⚖️ Technology Governance

Superconvergence 87%

AI reads code. Genetics writes it. Biotech runs it. The three revolutions are now one.

by Jamie Metzl 2024

3.75

313 ratings

🧬 Synthetic Biology 🩺 Precision Medicine ⚖️ Technology Governance

The Secret

by Lee Child • 2023

A string of suspicious scientist deaths pulls a demoted Army MP into a Cold War cover-up.

4.08

61k+

🔍 Cold War Conspiracy 🎖️ Military Cover-Up 🔪 Female Assassins

The Secret 87%

A string of suspicious scientist deaths pulls a demoted Army MP into a Cold War cover-up.

by Lee Child 2023

4.08

61k+ ratings

🔍 Cold War Conspiracy 🎖️ Military Cover-Up 🔪 Female Assassins

Blowback

by Brad Thor • 2005

A disgraced agent hunts an ancient bioweapon across Europe before terrorists use it against America.

4.19

23k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Thriller 🚫 Off-The-Books Mission

Blowback 87%

A disgraced agent hunts an ancient bioweapon across Europe before terrorists use it against America.

by Brad Thor 2005

4.19

23k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Thriller 🚫 Off-The-Books Mission

Matterhorn

by Christopher Reich • 2024

His son killed on the Matterhorn, a retired spy hunts a Russian bioweapon aimed at Kyiv.

4.23

16k+

📡 Spy Thriller ⛰️ Alpine Setting 🕵️ Rogue Agent

Matterhorn 87%

His son killed on the Matterhorn, a retired spy hunts a Russian bioweapon aimed at Kyiv.

by Christopher Reich 2024

4.23

16k+ ratings

📡 Spy Thriller ⛰️ Alpine Setting 🕵️ Rogue Agent

The Chemical Age

by Frank von Hippel • 2020

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

4.17

184

🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History

The Chemical Age 87%

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

by Frank von Hippel 2020

4.17

184 ratings

🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History

Deception

by Rand Paul • 2023

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

4.47

549

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up

Deception 87%

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

by Rand Paul 2023

4.47

549 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up

Change Agent

by Daniel Suarez • 2017

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

3.98

8k+

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted

Change Agent 87%

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

by Daniel Suarez 2017

3.98

8k+ ratings

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

Star Wars 87%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

I Am Pilgrim

by Terry Hayes • 2013

A New York murder lures a retired spy into a plot to unleash an engineered plague.

4.30

202k+

🔍 Forensic Investigation 🦠 Bioterrorism Plot 🌐 Global Conspiracy

I Am Pilgrim 87%

A New York murder lures a retired spy into a plot to unleash an engineered plague.

by Terry Hayes 2013

4.30

202k+ ratings

🔍 Forensic Investigation 🦠 Bioterrorism Plot 🌐 Global Conspiracy

Venomous

by Christie Wilcox • 2016

Venom is a precision biochemical weapon. Medicine is learning to retarget it against disease.

4.11

2k+

🧪 Venom Biology ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Race ☣️ Natural Toxins

Venomous 87%

Venom is a precision biochemical weapon. Medicine is learning to retarget it against disease.

by Christie Wilcox 2016

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧪 Venom Biology ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Race ☣️ Natural Toxins

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law • 2021

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

3.50

1k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government

Girl in a Rabbit Hole 87%

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

by R.J. Law 2021

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government

Flybot

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2025

A physicist traces a robotic fly to a rogue AI orchestrating a bioterror attack.

4.04

4k+

🤖 Rogue Ai 💻 Techno Thriller ✨ Emergent Consciousness

Flybot 87%

A physicist traces a robotic fly to a rogue AI orchestrating a bioterror attack.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2025

4.04

4k+ ratings

🤖 Rogue Ai 💻 Techno Thriller ✨ Emergent Consciousness

The Genesis Machine

by Amy Webb • 2022

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

3.94

745

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics

The Genesis Machine 87%

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

by Amy Webb 2022

3.94

745 ratings

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics

The Hot Zone

by Richard Preston • 1994

Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.

4.16

122k+

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism

The Hot Zone 87%

Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.

by Richard Preston 1994

4.16

122k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism

Longshot

by David Heath • 2022

338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.

4.16

140

🧬 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 💉 Medical Innovation

Longshot 87%

338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.

by David Heath 2022

4.16

140 ratings

🧬 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 💉 Medical Innovation

World War C

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

4.04

904

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health

World War C 87%

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.04

904 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health

The Atlantis Gene

by A.G. Riddle • 2013

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

3.79

82k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution

The Atlantis Gene 86%

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

by A.G. Riddle 2013

3.79

82k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution

Gravity

by Tess Gerritsen • 2000

An alien organism devours the ISS crew from within. Earth condemns them all. One doctor refuses.

4.10

18k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 👽 Alien Pathogen 🦠 Body Horror

Gravity 86%

An alien organism devours the ISS crew from within. Earth condemns them all. One doctor refuses.

by Tess Gerritsen 2000

4.10

18k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 👽 Alien Pathogen 🦠 Body Horror

Darwin's Children

by Greg Bear • 2004

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

3.66

6k+

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children

Darwin's Children 86%

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

by Greg Bear 2004

3.66

6k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children

Amazonia

by James Rollins • 2002

Four years lost, a soldier emerges from the jungle with a regrown arm and lethal plague.

4.15

36k+

🏕️ Jungle Expedition 🌿 Eco Thriller 🧬 Biological Horror

Amazonia 86%

Four years lost, a soldier emerges from the jungle with a regrown arm and lethal plague.

by James Rollins 2002

4.15

36k+ ratings

🏕️ Jungle Expedition 🌿 Eco Thriller 🧬 Biological Horror

Partials

by Dan Wells • 2012

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

3.93

60k+

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings

Partials 86%

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

by Dan Wells 2012

3.93

60k+ ratings

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings

A Crack in Creation

by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

4.13

7k+

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

A Crack in Creation 86%

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

3.76

2k+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 86%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror

This Book Is Full of Spiders 86%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror

Upgrade

by Blake Crouch • 2022

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

3.81

124k+

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Upgrade 86%

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

by Blake Crouch 2022

3.81

124k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Whiteout

by Ken Follett • 2004

A security chief's Christmas Eve: a missing virus, a blizzard, and a family held at gunpoint.

3.68

44k+

🧬 Biothriller 💰 Heist Gone Wrong ❄️ Blizzard Isolation

Whiteout 86%

A security chief's Christmas Eve: a missing virus, a blizzard, and a family held at gunpoint.

by Ken Follett 2004

3.68

44k+ ratings

🧬 Biothriller 💰 Heist Gone Wrong ❄️ Blizzard Isolation

Chimera

by Mira Grant • 2015

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

3.84

6k+

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite

Chimera 86%

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.84

6k+ ratings

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite

New Abnormal

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

4.38

148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics

New Abnormal 86%

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2022

4.38

148 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics

Crisis Averted

by Caitlin Rivers • 2024

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

4.16

247

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation

Crisis Averted 86%

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

by Caitlin Rivers 2024

4.16

247 ratings

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation

Ice Station

by Matthew Reilly • 1998

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

4.12

35k+

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege

Ice Station 86%

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

by Matthew Reilly 1998

4.12

35k+ ratings

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege

The Code Breaker

by Walter Isaacson • 2021

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

4.28

42k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology

The Code Breaker 86%

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

by Walter Isaacson 2021

4.28

42k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology

The Tainted Cup

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2024

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

4.29

96k+

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion

The Tainted Cup 86%

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2024

4.29

96k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion

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