Outbreak: Kyle and Kelsey, Book 1

by Hannah Burd, James Craig (Narrator), Marina Craven (Narrator)

In the aftermath of a brazen attempted break in at the CIA headquarters, three vials of a highly dangerous and infectious parasite have been released into Washington D.C and the surrounding area. The vials were thought to have been destroyed over a decade ago and the CIA has tasked Agent William D. McAdams to contain the potentially catastrophic outbreak.

After waking up on her living room floor, Kelsey Williams discovers her parents brutally murdered remains. With no memory of where she has been and how she got there, Kelsey flees her family home, terrified of being framed for her parents murder.

During a camping trip with his roommate, Kyle Adams comes to tied to a tree covered in blood miles from his campsite with ne memory of the past several hours at the mercy of a strange girl he has never seen before.

Brought together by terrifying, impossible circumstances, Kyle and Kelsey grow closer as they struggle to find answers to the unthinkable horrors that have befallen them, before Agent McAdams and the CIA can find and detain them first.

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Published October 27, 2025

About the author

Hannah Burd writes stories driven by tension—romantic, mysterious, and everything in between. Blending sharp chemistry with secrets that refuse to stay buried, her work spans suspenseful mysteries and high-stakes thrillers, often with a thread of the uncanny woven through. Inspired by ’90s cult classics and a fascination with the unexplained, she explores what happens when love and danger collide. When she’s not writing, she’s deep-diving conspiracy theories, dissecting and studying true crime cases, or mapping out her next morally questionable plot twist.