Author: Mireille Gagné, translated by Pablo Strauss
Publisher: Coach House Books

Set on an island in the St. Lawrence River, this eco-novel switches between a secret Second World War arm lab where the British and Canadian governments are developing a bioweapon based around horseflies (who are, in my opinion, already a hazard), and then sixty years later when the horesflies attack, infecting humans with rage. I tried a few options with gas masks and the fly, and then this clicked into place…