In the midst of a deadly global disease, sometimes it's hard to say which is worse: the pandemic, or the pandemonium. Sparrow is visiting Italy, just trying to enjoy a decent pizza, when the locals start dropping dead from a mysterious disorder. Soon, he's caught up in rampant rumors, a panicking population, and a competition to find the cure. All the while, he's fighting off ferocious felines and defending himself from hospital patients who are definitely not zombies. Zombies aren't real. But cats are real. And you'll never look at Whiskers the same way again. You can't spell catastrophe without C-A-T.