Society, religion, and morality are all irrevocably transformed by the White Plague. As government security forces feverishly hunt for the renegade scientist, he wanders incognito through a world that will never be the same. The plague is the work of a solitary individual who calls himself the Madman. The few surviving women are locked away in hidden reserves, while frantic doctors and scientists, race to find a cure. Infected areas are quarantined or burned to the ground. As around half of all humans die off at a frightening pace and life on Earth faces extinction, panicked people and governments struggle to cope with the global crisis. What if women were an endangered species? It begins in Ireland, but soon spreads throughout the entire world: a virulent new disease expressly designed to target only women. The White Plague is a 1982 science fiction novel of bioterrorism and gendercide by Frank Herbert, creator of the Dune universe series.
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