They call it The Doom
- a deadly pandemic that starts on a cold New Year's Eve in the Scottish countryside.Â
There's
Spring 1666: when the Great Plague reaches the quiet Derbyshire village of Eyam, the villagers make an extraordinary decision. They elect to isolate themselves in a fateful quarantine. So begins the Year of Wonders, seen through eighteen-year-old Anna Frith's eyes as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, & the lure of a dangerous & illicit love. Based on a true story, this novel explores love & learning, fear & fanaticism, & the struggles of seventeenth-century science & religion to interpret the world & the cusp of the modern era.