In Darwin's Radio— a cross between the chilling scientific credibility of Michael Crichton and the cutting-edge technology of William Gibson— a terrifying disease forces scientists to race against time to save civilization— if it is not too late. The discovery of concealed remains in a mass grave in Russia forces top scientists to question everything they believed about human origins. For molecular biologist Kaye Lang and 'virus hunter' Christopher Dicken, it means pursuing a mysterious flu-like disease that has been dormant for millions of years— and is now coming back to life. With the world threatened by a deadly epidemic, they must solve an elusive puzzle and find a way to prevent the next terrifying step in evolution.