Overview
It's the summer solstice weekend, and 150,000 people descend on a farm in the northeast of England for an open-air music festival. At first, a spot of rain seems to be the only thing dampening the fun - until a mystery bug appears. Before long, the illness is spreading at an electrifying speed and seems resistant to all antibiotics. Can journalist Zoe Meadows track the outbreak to its source, and will a cure be found before the disease becomes a pandemic? A heart-racing thriller, Resistance imagines a nightmare pandemic that seems only too credible in the wake of COVID-19. Number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid has teamed up with illustrator Kathryn Briggs to create a masterful graphic novel.
Full Product Details
Author: Val McDermid ,
Kathryn Briggs
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Edition: Main
Dimensions:
Width: 17.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.660kg
ISBN: 9781788163552
ISBN 10: 1788163559
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 20 May 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A brilliant and timely story, told with McDermid's verve, style and passion. I couldn't stop turning the pages, even when I could barely take the tension. Wonderful. -- Denise Mina Writer McDermid and illustrator Briggs show a plague tearing through all aspects of modern life-personal, professional, political-leaving plenty of apocalyptic blame to go around . . . McDermid skillfully builds pathos for the individuals wrestling with their dire circumstances . . . Briggs composes fascinating pages and panels that have a mixed-media feel . . . A powerful, unique look at the benign origins of catastrophe. * Kirkus Reviews * No one can tell a story like she can * Daily Express * McDermid remains unrivalled... brilliant * Observer * One of today's most accomplished crime writers * Literary Review * The queen of crime is still at the top of her game * Independent *
A brilliant and timely story, told with McDermid's verve, style and passion. I couldn't stop turning the pages, even when I could barely take the tension. Wonderful. -- Denise Mina No one can tell a story like she can * Daily Express * McDermid remains unrivalled... brilliant * Observer * One of today's most accomplished crime writers * Literary Review * The queen of crime is still at the top of her game * Independent *
No one can tell a story like she can * Daily Express * McDermid remains unrivalled... brilliant * Observer * One of today's most accomplished crime writers * Literary Review * The queen of crime is still at the top of her game * Independent *
'No one can tell a story like she can' -Daily Express 'McDermid remains unrivalled... brilliant'- Observer 'One of today's most accomplishedcrime writers' - Literary Review 'The queen of crime is still at the top ofher game' - Independent
Author Information
Val McDermid, the 'queen of crime', has published twenty-seven crime novels, which have sold over seventeen million copies worldwide, been translated into forty languages and won multiple awards. Her series featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill was the basis for the TV series The Wire in the Blood for ITV. Kathryn Briggs is a graphic novelist. She combines a background in fine art with a love of pop culture to create comics which range from slice of life to comparative mythology. After studying in Scotland, she moved back to the woods of Pennsylvania in 2018.
