Interphase: Exodus – Chapter 23

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” Don murmured, looking at the tray of vials that contained all the stable vaccine the lab had been able to produce under the greatest pressure of their lives. He reflected on the sometimes circular way necessity worked as he thought about Chris, Iris and the two young lab assistants now lying under sheets in …

Interphase: Exodus – Chapter 22

Air wheezed through Don’s chest. Sarah frowned at him as she waved a temporal thermometer across his forehead. “I’m fine,” he rasped, wincing at how unconvincing he sounded. He took an experimental breath. His airways still felt a little constricted and his throat slightly raw from being intubated, but the pressure was manageable. Sarah pulled back the thermometer. “Fever’s going …