The Scarlet Plague is one of the science fiction books that brings the epidemic to literature. The story begins in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic called the Red Death. Sufferers would turn scarlet, particularly on the face, and become numb in their lower extremities. Victims usually died within 30 minutes of first seeing symptoms. Despite the public's trust in doctors and scientists, no cure is found, and those who attempted to do so were also killed by the disease. James Smi ...