Thomas Mullens Last Town on Earth picked up

According to Variety, DreamWorks has bought the rights to make Thomas Mullens novel Last Town on Earth into a movie. I tried to find out some information on this novel but it seems my google skills suck today since I was completely unable to get a decent synopsis for the novel to get a feel for what the movie might be like.

All I was able to find is that it is based in the 1900's and that it takes place in a small town under quarantine to prevent the spread of Influenze. Woohoo.. not exactly impressive research on my part, but that is the nitty gritty. If you have something to add to this please drop us a line.