The Judas Strain

ju·das strain, n. A scientific term for an organism that drives an entire species to extinction.
The sci-fi thriller The Judas Strain by James Rollins is a Sigma Force (a covert U.S. government anti-terrorism agency) novel that deals with an ancient plague reborn to wreak havoc in today's modern world. Rollins brings back characters he has developed in previous Sigma Force novels, but the novel itself can stand alone and does not require having read the previous stories. Rollins (who is actually a veterinarian by profession) writes clearly and smoothly, and one does not get lost in transitions between each character's perspective/story. He already has several novels to his credit but this is the first one that I have read, I am quite satisfied with his style as well as his research in this novel.

...celebrity sighting: Nyoy Volante at Glorietta, with a pretty girl. By the looks of their body language, he's probabaly courting her. She doesn't look as hot as Nina though.