Parasite Positive

Synopsis

One year ago, Cal Thompson was acollege freshman more interested in meeting girls andpartying in New York City than in attending his biologyclasses. Now, after a fateful encounter with a mysteriouswoman named Morgan, biology has become, literally,Cal’s life.Cal was infected by a parasite that has a trulyhorrifying effect on its host. Cal himself is a carrier,unchanged by the parasite, but he’s infectedthe girlfriends he’s had since Morgan-and allhave turned into the ravening ghouls Cal calls peeps. Therest of us know them as vampires. And it’sCal’s job to hunt them down before they cancreate even more of their kind. . . .Bursting with the sharp intelligence and sly humor thatare fast becoming his trademark, ScottWesterfeld’s new novel is an utterly originaltake on an archetype of horror.