The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox

For those who take their medicine with an air of mayhem.

Kirkus Reviews

An outstanding medical thriller that both informs and inspires.

Booklist

Writing in a compelling, almost novelistic voice, Carrell details two eighteenth-century figures who struggled valiantly against smallpox. The disease becomes a character in the book, claiming the poor, the rich, and the royal without distinction.

USA Today

Selected for Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers program, Summer 2003