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Patrick “Shep” Shepherd was a promising major-league rookie pitcher on Sept 11th, 2001.  Shaken by the assaults, Shep was pushed to get in the military even when that meant abandoning his soul mates and their new-born daughter.  Eleven years and four deployments later, Shep discovers himself in Manhattan’s Virginia hospital.  His left-arm is gone, his wife and child are gone, and he's haunted by the dreams of war.With world leaders meeting in the U.N., Jane Klipot, a biohazard degree-4 researcher, sees a chance to execute God’s work.  She inserts herself with Scythe, a quick-performing Edition of the Black Death, and busily advances the disease throughout Manhattan.  The risk of an international pandemic causes authorities to seal off the island…leaving the leader of the U.S.—and Shep’s family—trapped.Determined to save his partner and kid, Shep queries  through the problem-ravaged communities of Manhattan.  And the Grim Reaper follows…