to be about twenty of them.  Harbinger, something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.  Is this virus doing this?  Is it a virus?  Can I call it that?  Perhaps plague.  Perhaps something else, something that calls itself Harbinger.  I don’t know.  I just don’t know, but we need to find out.”

There was enough data to show that the line of infection was heading straight towards Moscow.  Russian authorities began to evacuate towns in the path, and when Harbinger encountered an area with nothing to infect, it turned.  That was the most astonishing thing.  It turned as if it knew it was being handled like a forest fire with the Russian authorities attempting to contain it.  It evaded the containment attempts,...

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