The Cold List

Jacksonville General was supposed to be a normal quarantine. But for investigative reporter Mara Voss, the boots told a different story.When Mara parks her car outside the ambulance bay of a Florida hospital, she expects to cover a routine outbreak. Instead, she finds men in unmarked vans, gray Tyvek suits, and black tactical boots-men who move with a precision that the CDC doesn't possess.Within days, the city is swallowed by a federal quarantine zone. The official word is "atypical pneumonia," but the reality is far more terrifying. A man from the shadows, Dr. Solomon Adeyemi, hands Mara a secret that changes everything: the pathogen isn't evolving-it was engineered. It is a weaponized strain of the pneumonic plague, resistant to every drug known to man.Now, Mara is no longer just reporting the news; she is running for her life. As the body count rises and the "Cold List" of those deemed expendable begins to circulate, Mara must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice to bring the truth to light before the doors close forever.In The Cold List, Leslie A. Raymond delivers a pulse-pounding medical thriller that explores the dark intersection of government secrecy, bio-warfare, and the terrifying question of who lives, who dies, and who decides.