Resistance
It’s the summer solstice weekend and 150,000 people descend on a farm in the north-east of England for an open-air music festival. At first, a spot of rain seems to be the only thing dampening the fun – until a mystery bug appears. Before long, the illness is spreading at an electrifying speed and seems resistant to all antibiotics. Can journalist Zoe Meadows track the outbreak to its source, and will a cure be found before the disease becomes a pandemic?
A heart-racing thriller, ‘Resistance’ imagines a nightmare pandemic that seems only too credible in the wake of Covid-19. Number-one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid has teamed up with illustrator Kathryn Briggs to create a masterful graphic novel.
Publication date UK: 20 May 2021 (Profile Books)
Publication date US: 20 May 2021 (Grove Atlantic)
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Description
Resistance A Graphic Novel
Series: Graphic Novel
- A Place of Execution
(HarperCollins, 1999)
- Christmas is Murder
(Little, Brown Book Group, 2000)
- Killing the Shadows
(HarperCollins, 2001)
- Stranded
(Little, Brown Book Group, 2005)
- The Grave Tattoo
(HarperCollins, 2006)
- Cleanskin
(HarperCollins, 2006)
- Trick of the Dark
(Little, Brown Book Group, 2010)
- My Granny is a Pirate
(Orchard Books, 2012)
- The Vanishing Point
(Little, Brown Book Group, 2012)
- Northanger Abbey
(HarperCollins, 2014)
- Forensics – The Anatomy of Crime
(Profile Books, 2014)
- My Scotland
(Little, Brown Book Group, 2019)
- Imagine a Country
(Canongate Books, 2020)
- Resistance
(Profile Books, 2021)
- Winter
(Hodder Press, 2025)
Reviews
Reviews
A brilliant and timely story, told with McDermid’s verve, style and passion. I couldn’t stop turning the pages, even when I could barely take the tension. Wonderful. – Denise Mina
No one can tell a story like she can. ― Daily Express
McDermid remains unrivalled… brilliant. ― Observer
Writer McDermid and illustrator Briggs show a plague tearing through all aspects of modern life-personal, professional, political-leaving plenty of apocalyptic blame to go around . . . McDermid skillfully builds pathos for the individuals wrestling with their dire circumstances . . . Briggs composes fascinating pages and panels that have a mixed-media feel . . . A powerful, unique look at the benign origins of catastrophe. ― Kirkus Reviews
One of today’s most accomplished crime writers. ― Literary Review
The queen of crime is still at the top of her game. ― Independent
