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The mortis by Jonathan R. Miller is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"[Explores] the edge of madness." - Stanford MagazineA husband and wife are staying in a hotel on a remote islet when the sickness comes. In a matter of days the resort is overrun with the ill and the dying, all of them lost in a psychosis brought upon by the disease. The islet quickly falls, and the only safe haven is Cãlo, a southern township that the locals-—the indigenous population who used to serve as resort workers—-call their home.The couple is forced to flee into La Sielve, the wildlands, and what follows is an out-and-out struggle for their very survival, a series of unnerving trials that test their bodies, minds, and their relationship with one another.They soon learn that the islet is not the only place affected by the sickness, that it's everywhere, and that the carriers are only those with European heritage, and at first the husband and wife—-him biracial, her African-American—-believe they may be immune, that they may be able to ride out the collapse. But when they begin to notice signs of the sickness in themselves, in each other, they start to wonder if they're really as healthy as they hoped.A story of love, loss, and the struggle to maintain one's humanity in the

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Jonathan R. Miller
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781495476723
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Others, Horror
Rating
3.59 / 5 (27 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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