New Thriller from Milford on Sea Author

Milford on Sea author, Robin Crumby has published his new thriller, CongoVariant, a prequel to the popular four-book post-apocalyptic series set at Hurst Castle in the aftermath of a fictional pandemic!

The prequel is set 20 years earlier than TheHurst Chronicles series, in 1998 in the years leading up to the second Iraq war. 

Alice Bishop, an infectious diseases doctor whose family live in Yarmouth, travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part a WHO expedition to investigate the source of a mysterious outbreak. 

Meanwhile, MI6 operative Blake Harris is searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction as part of a United Nations inspection team. Harris must find the truth about the Iraqi weapons programme before the Allies’ patience with Saddam Hussain runs out. 

Harris and Bishop discover a terrifying plot to plunge the Western World into chaos. A virus capable of changing the course of history. In the wrong hands, a bioweapon more powerful than anthrax.

If you enjoyed Robin's previous fast-paced thrillers such as Contagion, Outbreak, The Cobra Event and The Hot Zone you'll love Congo Variant. 

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About Robin Crumby

Robin Crumby is the British author of 'The Hurst Chronicles', a post-apocalyptic series set on the south coast of England in the aftermath of a deadly flu pandemic. 

Since reading John Wyndham’s Day of the Triffids as a child, Robin became fascinated by end of the world dystopian literature and was inspired to start writing by Cormac McCarthy’s 'The Road' and Emily St. John Mandel’s 'Station Eleven'. Why? Because post-apocalyptic fiction fires the imagination like nothing else. Pondering what comes next, who would survive, what would life look like? Much of the best fiction in this popular genre focuses on brain-eating zombies or events unfolding in the USA, so Robin determined to write a story set in the UK. 

His Eureka moment came wandering the shingle beach at Milford on Sea, inspired by the beauty and rich history of the Solent. Where better to survive the end of the world than a medieval castle surrounded by water? Robin spent much of his childhood messing about in boats, exploring the many waterways, harbours and military forts of the Isle of Wight, where 'The Hurst Chronicles' series is set.

Robin Crumby
www.hurstchronicles.com