Wolves in Winter

by Tyrell Johnson

This book is by a Kelowna author.  It has become a bestseller.

The story is about a young woman, Gwendolynn (who calls herself Lynn).  The developed world has been decimated first because of a nuclear war, followed by a deadly flu.  Lynn, her mother and brother and a few other people are survivors, eaking out an existence in the Yukon.  They don't have much to live on, surviving on the meat they can hunt or fish they catch and they are managing to grow carrots and potatoes.

Lynn's father had been a biologist/researcher working in Chicago.  As the world fell apart they fled to Alaska to try to escape the flu.  Lynn got the flu and survived, her brother and Mother never got it.  Her father died.

One day a stranger, Jax arrives in their area.  They are not sure if he can be trusted.  They eventually learn that he is being hunted by a group called Immunity that is supposed to be looking for a cure for the flu.  It appears that Jaks has immunity.  He also seems to have super powers in some way.   Jaks plans to leave so they won't be endangered.

One day Jax and Jeryl, Lynn's uncle head off into the woods.  Lynn decides to follow them.  She sees Jax and Jeryl attacked by people from Immunity, she doesn't know if they survive as she is captured by Immunity.

It seems that Immunity is keeping her hostage to try to get Jax to come to them.  While she is in the Immunity camp one of the camp's test subjects gets wounded tryiing to escape and also gets the flu The Immunity people make Lynn's donate blood to her and it cures the woman's flu.  They then realized that Lynn must have immunity so she becomes even more important to them.  Lynn figures out that the Immunity leader isn't really doing things for altruistic regions.  He hope to get wealthy if he can offer a cure/serum.

Eventually Lynn escapes and meets up with Jeryl and Jax who take her back to her family.   Soon after the Immunity folks descend on them and there is a battle.  Lynn and her group wipe out all the Intruders.  As the book ends Lynn and Jax are heading south, hoping to get to Vancouver  because they were told that there is a group in Vancouver that they should connect with to save the world from the flu.

The book was more interesting than I expected it to be.  It was a pretty good adventure story.