The Fervor

Chilling supernatural horror combining Japanese folklore with WW2 historical fiction from a multiple award-winning author.1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meiko's husband's enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest. It didn't matter that Aiko was American-born: They were Japanese, and therefore considered a threat by the American government.Mother and daughter attempt to hold on to elements of their old life in the camp when a mysterious disease begins to spread among those interned. What starts as a minor cold quickly becomes spontaneous fits of violence and aggression, even death. And when a disconcerting team of doctors arrive, nearly more threatening than the illness itself, Meiko and her daughter team up with a newspaper reporter and widowed missionary to investigate, and it becomes clear to them that something more sinister is afoot: a demon from the stories of Meiko's childhood, hell-bent on infiltrating their already strange world.Inspired by the Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon, THE FERVOR explores a supernatural threat beyond what anyone saw coming: the danger of demonization, a mysterious contagion, and the search to stop its spread before it's too late.

Autorentext

Alma Katsu is the award-winning author of six novels, most recently Red Widow, The
Deep, and The Hunger. She is a graduate of the master's writing program at the
Johns Hopkins University and received her bachelor's degree from Brandeis
University. Prior to the publication of her first novel, Katsu had a long career as a
senior intelligence analyst for several US agencies. She lives in West Virginia with
her husband.

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1944, in remote Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter are sent to an internment
camp. It doesn't matter that Aiko is American-born: They are Japanese, and
therefore a threat to the American government. They cling to elements of their own
life, as a mysterious disease spreads through the camp causing paranoia, violence,
and death. When a team of secretive doctors arrive, they must team up with a
newspaper reporter and widowed missionary to uncover the truth. Inspired by the
Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon, witness the danger of
demonization and xenophobia.