THE FLU SEASON Jake Cooper is a 21st Century beach bum content to spend his days surfing the Internet and the postcard-perfect waves of the San Diego coastline. His twin brother Miles, junior partner in a prestigious east coast law firm, views his sibling's irresponsible lifestyle with jealous contempt. Estranged since adolescence by their differences, the brothers are reunited when tragedy strikes closer to home than either could ever have imagined. As a deadly biological agent ravages the United States, government agencies decimated by the bug struggle to identify the virus' origin. Working together far beyond the boundaries of conventional bureaucratic restraint, the Cooper brothers' sense of civic responsibility, fueled by personal loss, may very well represent America's only hope for salvation. A timely thriller packed with jaw-dropping plot twists, The Flu Season unveils the terrifying realities of a world locked in the throes of the next great pandemic.