As the friends discover their animal-quick reflexes and heightened senses, they must utilize their scientific curiosity together with their newly found powers to investigate and solve a cold case murder.įortunately, the group is now more than just friends they are a pack- they are Virals. When the group saves a dog kept in a cage for medical testing in a nearby village, they get exposed to an experimental canine strain virus that changes their lives forever. Tory Brennan the niece of a successful anthropologist, Temperance Brennan is the leader of a ragtag band who lives in an isolated island off the coast of South Carolina. This is the first book in Virals series by Brendan Reichs and his mother Kathy Reich. The series lasted five books concluding in 2015 with Terminal. Most of the stories in the series mostly involve Loggerhead Island Research Institute which is located on Loggerhead Island.īrendan Reichs began publication of Virals in 2010 when the first novel in the series was published. The books have elements of fantasy and science fiction and are set in Charleston, South Carolina and features Tory Brennan, (the great-niece of a fictional heroine featured in Kathy Reich’s adult thriller books) and her friends Ben Blue, Hiram Stolowitski, and Shelton Devers. The original idea of the series was of Brendan Reichs.

The series features Temperance Brennan’s great-niece Tory Brennan. The Virals must beat their opponents to the treasure.Virals series is a collection of young adult novels by American crime writer and forensic anthropologist, Kathy Reich in collaboration with her son. However, it is not just them that wants the treasure. Discovering that pirate Anne Bonny's treasure is believed to be buried somewhere near their home in Charleston, South Carolina, they set out to follow the clues to the treasure, using their 'Viral' powers gained in the previous book in the series, in the hope that if they find it, it will be worth enough to save LIRI. Tory Brennan and her friends find themselves in danger of being separated due to budget cuts which may mean the closure of the Loggerheads Island Research Institute (LIRI) where their parents work. Seizure is the second novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.

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