The Fifth Cycle

By D.L. Ryder

THE FIFTH CYCLE

A Must-Read Thriller!

Publisher: MBD Publications
ISBN-13: 979-8-218-71044-6

It happens gradually at first.

It slips past you, unnoticed. You see it out of the corner of your eye.
In the back of your mind, you wonder what it was.
Before the front of your mind catches on, it’s too late.

The Fifth Cycle is a gripping biotech/horror adventure about an unknown virus out of control and unleashed upon a tiny, isolated town. When the virus escapes the confines of a remote bioengineering complex in Death Valley, the nearby town of Arroyo Caliente is quarantined with no warning, no explanation, and a rapidly growing infected population.

With their town shut down and completely cut off, it is up to a small handful to escape the quarantine and, like rats in an experiment, venture back through the maze and infiltrate the source in order to save themselves.

The Fifth Cycle is a fast-moving, character-driven story in the tradition of the films 28 Days Later and World War Z.

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BIOGRAPHY

D.L. Ryder began her literary journey writing screenplays in Los Angeles at the age of 23.

Emboldened by industry professional praise, she was also offered to option her first screenplay and was a quarterfinalist in the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship – The Academy Awards‘ screenplay competition.

Over the years, she has continued writing essays, short stories, and novellas. The Fifth Cycle is her first novel.

Though she lived for a number of years in Los Angeles and Sacramento, she has always managed to find her way back home to the Central Coast in California where she grew up. She currently owns a website and graphic design business and is working on her next novel.