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The Rogue Heroes Our Government Turns to When There's Nowhere Else to Turn
by Kevin Hazzard
From the award-winning author of American Sirens and A Thousand Naked Strangers comes a real-life thriller about the most daring rescue in air-medical history.
July 2014. Two American medical volunteers who joined the fight against the deadliest Ebola outbreak in world history have gotten infected. The virus kills in just over a week and they're trapped in a hot zone with the clock ticking. If there's going to be a rescue it has to happen now.
The very notion of getting the patients out is a radical and dangerous idea. Bringing them home might cause an outbreak of Ebola here in the US. No one's certain if it can or should be done or if they'll even survive the flight. In fact, the only thing anyone can agree on is that there's just one group of people resourceful enough (or crazy enough) to pull this off. Thousands of miles away and deep in the north Georgia mountains, a phone rings at Phoenix Air. It's the US government calling with another impossible mission.
Kevin Hazzard chronicles the ten frantic days that followed that phone call, dropping readers into the center of a first-of-its-kind international rescue. Phoenix Air, an eccentric band of engineers, pilots, and doctors with a reputation for doing things nobody else could, would become a lifeline to the world.
Terrifying, fascinating, and inspiring, No One's Coming is a story of selfless heroes on both sides of the Atlantic who overcome the apathy and resistance of their own governments and communities, risking their lives to save others—once again proving that ordinary people are capable of overcoming the most extraordinary of problems. As contagions spring up around the world, this story of outbreaks and the people who fight them resonates more than ever.
2026 Second quarter besties
...n April so let's try it again. Your favorite reads of April, May, and June. Here are mine: Angel Down by Daniel Krause John of John by Douglas Stuart No One's Coming by Kevin Hazzard London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet Land by Maggie O'Farrell
-Anne_Glasgow
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (4/30/2026)
...in by Louise Penny and Melissa Fung. It was fine for what it was which is a fast paced international political thriller. I also finished the audio of No One's Coming by Kevin Hazzard. This was a fascinating tale of the crew that transported the American doctor and nurse working in Liberia after they contracted ebola. Read The Witc...
-Anne_Glasgow
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (4/23/2026)
...s I dnf'd the audio of The Fountain because I just couldn't keep attention focus. I might pick it up another time in print. I'm now into the audio of No One's Coming by Kevin Hazzard about a flight crew called upon to transport ebola cases. This nonfiction interests me for multiple reasons: I've heard raves about it, I thoroughly...
-Anne_Glasgow
"Could an airplane evacuate two American medical professionals with Ebola from West Africa without infecting the crew? That's the dire question at the heart of this gripping real-life thriller from journalist and former paramedic Hazzard (American Sirens). ... It's an absolute nail-biter." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"In this inspiring, cinematic book, a daring American aviation firm rescues seriously ill medical workers in West Africa. The author, a former paramedic, is well matched with the subject. He skillfully builds dramatic tension, though a handful of scenes read like extracts from a punched-up screenplay. ... A stirring account of the dauntless ingenuity that saved lives during an infectious disease outbreak." ―Kirkus Reviews
"Hippocrates said that the natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. Kevin Hazzard taps into the healing forces of narrative, decency, willpower, and empathy to uncover a great healing story of our times. The great thing about No One's Coming is that it captures the pulse of the moment and gives us an insight into how—and why—we live. In the face of all the world's difficulties and failures, the human instinct for goodness shines through. This is a thriller, a love story, and a forensic journalistic feat all wrapped into one." ―Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin and Twist
"A behind-the-scenes account of an astonishing rescue mission. Hazzard tells this story with medical precision and breathtaking drama. In doing so, he may well be foretelling the future." ―John Heminway, documentary filmmaker and author of In Full Flight
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Kevin Hazzard is a journalist, TV writer, and former paramedic. He is the author of American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics (Hachette Books 2022). His first book, A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back, was published by Scribner in 2016. He now writes for film/TV, with work produced by Hulu, CBS, ABC and Universal. His freelance journalism has been published at 99% Invisible, the Atavist, Men's Journal, Creative Loafing, Atlanta Magazine, and elsewhere. He is also a sought-after voice on emergency medicine. He lives in Atlanta.
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