A highly infectious, deadly trojan in the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is absolutely no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are inactive. A secret military services SWAT group of soldiers and scientists is definitely mobilized to avoid the outbreak of the exotic ‘warm’ disease. The Hot Area tells this dramatic tale, giving a hair-raising account of the looks of uncommon and lethal infections and their ‘accidents’ into the human race. Surprising, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Area demonstrates that truth really is scarier than fiction.