What is Kingdom of Needle and Bone About?
Modern medicine has conquered or contained many of the diseases that used to carry children away before their time, reducing mortality and improving health. Vaccination and treatment are widely available, not held in reserve for the chosen few. There are still monsters left to fight, but the old ones, the simple ones, trouble us no more.
Or so we thought. For with the reduction in danger comes the erosion of memory, as pandemics fade from memory into story into fairy tale. Those old diseases can’t have been so bad, people say, or we wouldn’t be here to talk about them. They don’t matter. They’re never coming back.
How wrong we could be.
It begins with a fever. By the time the spots appear, it’s too late: Morris’s disease is loose on the world, and the bodies of the dead begin to pile high in the streets. When its terrible side consequences for the survivors become clear, something must be done, or the dying will never stop. For Dr. Isabella Gauley, whose niece was the first confirmed victim, the route forward is neither clear nor strictly ethical, but it may be the only way to save a world already in crisis. It may be the only way to atone for her part in everything that’s happened.
She will never be forgiven, not by herself, and not by anyone else. But she can, perhaps, do the right thing.
We live in an age of monsters.
First Chapter, First Paragraph
“Lisa Morris had been vaccinated according to her pediatrician recommended schedule, receiving her first dose of synthesized protection from the dangers of the world when she was two months old. Her parents had asked questions about each shot. They were scientifically minded people who listened to their doctor, believed that years of medical school held more value than afternoons on Wikipedia, and they had approved in injections, one after another, allowing their beloved daughter to build the most robust immune system possible.”
Why You Should Check Kingdom of Needle and Bone Out…
I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Mira Grant (Seanan Mcguire) has the fantastic ability of giving you just enough information to tell a story, and letting your mind fill in the rest. It makes her books very approachable and interesting.
You can check out my review here
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