Blakely's Ark

THE CEPH... ...an encephalitis plague, a parasitic virus that has killed millions. The infected become febrile and insane, being touched or exposed to their body fluids can result in infection and death. Invariably lethal. In two generations, it had reduced the population of America to 10 million people. New Jersey is populated by roving gangs of children, savage and insane. New York City is a sealed-off dome. America is a wasteland. And Dave Blakely just may be the last whole man in the world.Father and son had remained uninfected until a recent visitor infected his father from a handshake. The son burns the house as he leaves town to find the government facility that offers hope for sanctuary and a possible cure, carrying a notebook filled with his father's observations about the plague, guidelines for staying uninfected.