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NUCLEAR WAR: EPIDEMIC
NUCLEAR EPIDEMIC (DAY ZERO • BOOK 6)
Appendicitis without antibiotics. A cut that turns septic in a few days. Childbirth with nothing to stop the bleeding. An asthma attack without an inhaler. Diabetes without insulin. What could be treated in a single shift now kills—quietly and at scale, without in apartments, shelters, and hospital corridors.
The world survived the strikes. The real catastrophe came later—when medicines ran out. Hospitals are still open, but operating rooms often stand no anesthesia, no antibiotics, no sterile kits. Doctors are forced to decide who gets the last ampoule and who is sent back into the corridor. Infections return. Chronic patients die first. Every minor injury becomes a chance not to see the morning.
When it becomes clear that without drug production the world will simply die off, a period of unconventional solutions begins. Factories come online wherever electricity, water, and security still exist. Production and delivery are rebuilt from the wreckage of the old raw materials, reactors, sterile zones, ports, routes. The state signs deals with those it called enemies former drug cartels hand over their labs and packaging lines—and now they pack antibiotics, IV fluids, and antiseptics instead of narcotics. Guards at the doors. Seals on the crates. Batches logged and signed. This is no longer medicine. This is survival logistics.
China agrees to work with the West and begins supplying not only finished antibiotics, but also the ingredients for production. Russia tries to enter an alliance with China, but Beijing chooses the strong and the stable. In response, a Western bloc—the European Union, Norway, Australia, South American nations, the United States, and Canada—sets common rules for the production and distribution of medicine.
Russia answers with a strike. Using the remnants of its nuclear arsenal, it destroys a cruise liner converted into a pharmaceutical plant, operating under the protection of nuclear submarines. In a single moment, it isn’t just a ship that is lost—the supply that hospitals in several countries already depended on is cut.
DAY ZERO continues. The world enters a phase where war is fought over pills, reagents, and production lines. And where yesterday’s rules once held, the West forms a new alliance—the PACT OF RECOVERY AND SECURITY: a framework for a new world order that keeps resources, corridors, and survival under one set of rules.
Appendicitis without antibiotics. A cut that turns septic in a few days. Childbirth with nothing to stop the bleeding. An asthma attack without an inhaler. Diabetes without insulin. What could be treated in a single shift now kills—quietly and at scale, without in apartments, shelters, and hospital corridors.
The world survived the strikes. The real catastrophe came later—when medicines ran out. Hospitals are still open, but operating rooms often stand no anesthesia, no antibiotics, no sterile kits. Doctors are forced to decide who gets the last ampoule and who is sent back into the corridor. Infections return. Chronic patients die first. Every minor injury becomes a chance not to see the morning.
When it becomes clear that without drug production the world will simply die off, a period of unconventional solutions begins. Factories come online wherever electricity, water, and security still exist. Production and delivery are rebuilt from the wreckage of the old raw materials, reactors, sterile zones, ports, routes. The state signs deals with those it called enemies former drug cartels hand over their labs and packaging lines—and now they pack antibiotics, IV fluids, and antiseptics instead of narcotics. Guards at the doors. Seals on the crates. Batches logged and signed. This is no longer medicine. This is survival logistics.
China agrees to work with the West and begins supplying not only finished antibiotics, but also the ingredients for production. Russia tries to enter an alliance with China, but Beijing chooses the strong and the stable. In response, a Western bloc—the European Union, Norway, Australia, South American nations, the United States, and Canada—sets common rules for the production and distribution of medicine.
Russia answers with a strike. Using the remnants of its nuclear arsenal, it destroys a cruise liner converted into a pharmaceutical plant, operating under the protection of nuclear submarines. In a single moment, it isn’t just a ship that is lost—the supply that hospitals in several countries already depended on is cut.
DAY ZERO continues. The world enters a phase where war is fought over pills, reagents, and production lines. And where yesterday’s rules once held, the West forms a new alliance—the PACT OF RECOVERY AND SECURITY: a framework for a new world order that keeps resources, corridors, and survival under one set of rules.
179 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 16, 2026
About the author
Sam Nyxon
128 books1 followerSam Nyxon is a Canadian author of geopolitical thrillers. A former journalist, he worked close to high-level politics and spent time in conflict zones and areas affected by active military conflict, where he saw how major decisions reshape the lives of ordinary people.
His novels explore power, conflict, fear, responsibility, and the moment when the familiar order begins to break down. He writes about global crises through a human lens — through those forced to live inside the consequences of decisions made by others.
Sam Nyxon lives in Canada with his wife, son, and daughter. His family remains a source of warmth, love, and the inner humanity without which no powerful story can carry real weight.
His novels explore power, conflict, fear, responsibility, and the moment when the familiar order begins to break down. He writes about global crises through a human lens — through those forced to live inside the consequences of decisions made by others.
Sam Nyxon lives in Canada with his wife, son, and daughter. His family remains a source of warmth, love, and the inner humanity without which no powerful story can carry real weight.
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