From the sixth century plague of Justinian, to the nineteenth century third pandemic, bacterial infection throughout the centuries has caused a huge loss of the population of Europe and beyond. This is a new tale of the discovery of a killer bacterial disease, one which is immune to antibiotics.

An innocent girl discovers a secret, but there’s one that’s bigger than she knows, a secret that causes her to lose her life. After her death, portrayed by the authorities as a tragic accident at a North Derbyshire school, Adam Brant his twin sister Chloe and two close friends Adele and Jonathan are witnesses to a second horrific incident.

Adam becomes obsessed and is driven by his inquisitive nature on a quest for knowledge and truth, one that will satisfy him and put to rest the spirit that is said to haunt this particular community. But what will he learn along the way – and will he wish he’d never set foot on this path?

S.A. Fearn is a Construction Project Manager who enjoys writing stories. After becoming widowed with two children, he took time out to study the immune system, bacterial diseases and phage therapy. He is a member of White Peak Writers. This is his debut.