"The most compelling fiction exposes our darkness—as individuals, and as a culture—especially when we're not prepared to see it. In Viral, M.A. Barrett has achieved an incisive (and horrifyingly relevant) social commentary that is also a terrifically gripping read. It's a nasty messed-up world out there and Scarlet Battell has done some downright messed-up things, so it's proof of Barrett's skill that you're still rooting for Scar on every page. You can't look away—this novel is unputdownable."

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Camille DeAngelis, author of

Bones and All and Boy From Tomorrow