It started off innocuous enough—a blip on the nightly news, a clip buried in the local newspaper. Residents were getting sick; a flu must have been brought into Esla Key by a passing tourist. But day by day, the unrest grew, spreading like an epidemic across the once paradisiacal island. And once the little cay was quarantined, its glimmering beaches suddenly swarmed with army personnel, both the natives and travelers alike knew so

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