Video: Americapox - The Missing Plague

This video by CGP Grey answers several questions I never knew I had. The question this video deals with is: Why, when the Spanish arrived in the 'new world' and spread plagues, did no 'new world' plagues spread through Europe?  The answer is quite interesting, and goes over where plagues come from. (And part 2 isn't out yet.)

New Author Spotlight: Rhys Thomas

New Author Spotlight is a series designed to introduce authors with 3 books or less in the different SF/F subgenres.

Today's spotlight shines on Rhys Thomas!

Rhys Thomas has written:

Here's the cover copy for On The Third Day:

Society is on the brink of collapse. The Old World is vanishing, the New World is taking over. There are no rules. Not now that a deadly disease is spreading that causes its victims to turn violent. Previously loving people become murderous. No-one can tell who will turn and who will not.

A work of force and dark brilliance - the perfect expression of the terrors of the 21st Century

If you like plague based horror, here are some other books you might enjoy:

• Hater by David Moody (St. Martin's Press)
• Infected by Scott Sigler (Broadway)
• Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)