On the front lines of World War I, the deadliest threat is the flu.
In this historical novel, father and daughter—a disciplined country doctor and an audacious young Army nurse—are thrust onto the medical front lines of the 1918 influenza pandemic and World War I.
As disease spreads faster than science can contain it, Lorne battles to develop a vaccine while Helen talks her way into the operating theaters of France, each carrying blame and grief neither has shared.
From the Kansas prairie to New York City’s Department of Health and field hospitals in France, father and daughter follow parallel paths through a world upended—forced to confront the limits of conviction and control.
Advanced Praise for The Fevered World
“[The Fevered World] feels like a masterful blend of works by historical mystery author Jacqueline Winspear and historian John M. Barry… A vivid drama set at the intersection of WWI and a global health crisis.”
—Kirkus Review (starred)
“A seismic moment in history, told through the intimate connection between a father and daughter. In her accomplished debut, Dee Andrews seamlessly
takes the reader from the Kansas prairies to the field hospitals of France as a devastating influenza epidemic takes hold. Historical fiction at its best resonates through the beat of human hearts. This novel does that wonderfully.”
—Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author
“Gripping, moving and beautifully written, Dee Andrews’ novel The Fevered World brings to life the pandemic that came before ours: the Spanish Influenza.
Told through the eyes of a Kansas doctor and his daughter who dedicate their lives to fighting the disease that ravaged the world during WWI.
A book you won’t soon forget.”
—Jennie Fields, author of Atomic Love
“In her propelling debut, Dee Andrews delivers a fascinating look at the emergence of the Spanish flu and the impossible choices it forced on a world already at war… A powerful, moving, and unforgettable read.”
— Amanda Skenandore, author of The Nurse’s Secret
“In her debut novel, The Fevered World, Dee Andrews uses the chaos and desperation surrounding WWI and the Spanish flu pandemic as building blocks to skillfully create a story that, at its heart, is a father and daughter’s search for answers and the impossible choices that drive their journey.”
—Alix Rickloff, author of The Girls in Navy Blue
photo by Lisa Siciliano, Dog Daze Photo
Meet Author Dee Andrews
My writing began with a question: in 1918, how did a virus travel from a remote corner of southwestern Kansas around the world to kill over 50 million people?
That question sent me down years of research into the lives of the doctors and nurses, scientists and soldiers who found themselves inside that catastrophe—ordinary people trying to do meaningful work in a world coming apart. Their stories became The Fevered World.
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