The Taint — Patricia Wallace

He was a salty old sailor, weather-beaten superstitious and in desperate need of money. So he sold three pints of his pure red blood -- and the horror began...

The brutally mutilated bodies of a honeymooning couple are found at a campsite. A highly reliable nurse commits suicide during her night shift. A sudden outbreak of a flu-like virus threatens to become an epidemic. And in the deserted hospital laboratory, Dr. Rachel Adams searches for an answer -- while the only clue flows freely in the sailor's tainted blood...