Meanwhile, a young scientist named Daniel sneaks across the border into Orleans to further his search for a cure for the fever. When Fen’s dear friend dies while giving birth, Fen decides to try to get the newborn over the wall to the Outer States so she might have a better life. Thus, in 2056, 15-year-old Fen de la Guerre and others like her find themselves eking out a living in a primitive society, many choosing to organize themselves into tribes by blood type to gain a modicum of control over the spread of Delta Fever.
On the heels of the storms came the quarantine of the entire Gulf Coast region because of Delta Fever in 2020 and the government’s complete abandonment of the disease-ravaged sector a mere five years later. Smith imagines a captivating and truly frightening future for the United States, one in which six devastating hurricanes follow Katrina’s path right into the heart of the crippled Gulf Coast.
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