a benign organism.” She paged through the report. “Now, here. Here, look at this. When they used general and differential stains to search for dead microorganisms, they found plenty of E. coli. But all the specimens were dead. There are no living bacteria in Wechlas’s body.” “What’s that supposed to tell us?” Bryce asked. “That the corpse isn’t decomposing as it should be?” “It isn’t decomposing at all. Not only that. Something a whole lot stranger. The reason it isn’t decomposing is because it’s apparently been injected with a massive dose
