Time is running out as a mysterious virus threatens to destroy the rural town of Sierra, causing chaos and fear, and attacking its young people. Nothing can stop this destructive virus, as hundreds of people rush to the hospital’s ER and many will die, waiting for a cure. The situation turns dangerous as a father, anxious to save his baby, goes on a shooting rampage. Who will survive? At the heart of the story is Lucinda, who moves to Sierra to escape her troubled past, but now struggles with her sick daughter, the return of her ex-husband and increasing hospital demands. The Estrogen Chronicles, Circle of Friends, a novel of friendship, love, courage, and compassion gives an inside view of the inner workings of hospital operations under desperate times.