Urban predators hibernate between November and March. At least, they used to.
A mytho-ecologist out of Sofia University, recruited into Urban Predators Without Borders, never imagined being one of the only living inhabitants in Block 10-observing a Bulgarian nest while living in a rundown apartment, tranquilizer gun loaded with silver nitrate by his bed.
With a species-collapsing outbreak spreading from nest to nest, any variation in local vampires' habits is extremely bad news.
Science and politics collide as the symbiotic relationship between predator and prey is forever altered. Between a deadly fungus and a system set on extermination, one burning question emerges. Is this infection just biological-or is it institutional?
"Hangovers, poverty-stricken students, dangerous fieldwork, conservation biology, departmental politics, inter-lab rivalry-and vampires-all packed into less than a hundred pages. This is more than just a cool new take on the hoary old vampire trope: it's a pretty good portrait of grad school. Except the vampires are the study animals, not the administration."
Peter Watts, award-winning author of Blindsight
"Pavlova pulls a remarkable trick: making vampires feel fascinating and vulnerable. Unnerving and eerie, Infection Points turns ecology into something dark, delivers a tense tale of secrets and disease, and proves why you shouldn't give academics a firearm."
Haralambi Markov, author of The Language of Knives
"Infection Points is layered and complex, much like the relationship between humans and vampires that it posits."
Alex Shvartsman, author of The Best of All Possible Planets