A terrible pandemic spreads over the globe.
In their haste to contain it, the WHO and CDC discover that the epidemic is concealing a sinister side. It may be the start of a scientific experiment that could alter the human race forever--and reveal a shocking truth about our future.
Experience the groundbreaking novel that will change everything you think you know about pandemics--and how to survive one.
"Reads like Dan Brown and Michael Crichton's best-ever team effort."
– The Guardian
Currently a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestseller.
A hundred miles north of Alaska, a US Coast Guard vessel discovers a sunken submarine at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. It does not match the data of any known vessel and has no national identity. Deep within, researchers find evidence of a scientific experiment that will rewrite our basic understanding of the human race.
The phone call that Dr. Peyton Shaw has been dreading for years awakens her in Atlanta. She is one of the first responders to epidemics worldwide in her capacity as the chief epidemiology for the CDC. She works in a risky and lonely profession, but it's her life, and she's brilliant at it. She could have found her match this time.
In Kenya, an Ebola-like pathogen has infected two Americans. One lies at death’s door. With the clock ticking, Peyton assembles her team and joins personnel from the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the WHO. What they find in the remote village is beyond their worst fears. As she traces the origin of the pathogen, Peyton begins to believe that there is more to this outbreak—that it may be merely the opening act in a conspiracy with far reaching consequences.
In Berlin, Desmond Hughes awakens in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there or who he is. On the floor, he finds a dead security guard from an international pharmaceutical company. His only clue leads him to Peyton Shaw—a woman who seems to know him, but refuses to tell him how. With the police searching the city for him, Desmond desperately tries to piece together what happened to him. To his shock and horror, he learns that he may be involved in causing the outbreak—and could hold the only key to stopping it.
As the pathogen spreads around the world, Peyton and Desmond race to unravel the conspiracy behind the pandemic—and uncover secrets some want to keep buried. With time running out, they face an unimaginable decision.
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Selected Praise and Published Reviews
“I finished the book fast because I just couldn’t wait...”
—WIRED GeekDad on Departure
“Riddle makes an effort to keep the focus on how his characters react to each other (including to their future selves) rather than to the technological marvels that reshaped their world.”
—Publisher’s Weekly on Departure
“Well-constructed and tightly-wound as a fine Swiss watch—Departure has non-stop action, an engaging plot and, of course, wheels within wheels.”
—Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander on Departure
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