In The Flu Is Coming , a new type of flu -- the Philippine flu --kills nearly half of the residents in an upscale, gated community near Albuquerque in less than a week.
Those who survive become virtual prisoners in their homes when a quarantine is imposed.
The Centers of Disease Control recruits Sara Almquist, a resident of the community and a scientist, to apply her skills as an epidemiologist to find ways to limit the spread of the epidemic.
As she pries into her neighbors'.
