Pestis 18
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The Black Plague -- yersinia pestis -- now genetically engineered into the new, even more horrifying form known as Pestis 18.Two canisters of the virus are now in the hands of terrorists. One has been planted in a large American city. If the terrorists do not receive a $500 million ransom, it will be opened...The other canister is on an island off the coast of Georgia. Captured at the island's inn are Bruton Farrier, an American Congressman, his girlfriend Sally Strickland, a very important British politician, an aging romance novelist and her secretary, an unhappy teenager and her younger brother and the staff and owner of the inn.All are hostages -- pawns in a play for supremacy that threatens the entire country with incurable plague.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812510666
ISBN13:9780812510669
Release Date:January 1988
Publisher:Tor Books
Length:416 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
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A medical thriller for today!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I almost quit on this too soon. By page 50, I was hooked! This was a real rollercoaster ride. I give it a 4.5, rather than a 5 because the sections of the book that told of the different government agencies competing for jurisdiction, each with its own agenda, was a bit slow. The best parts were of the hostages on the island. None were stereotypical characters. Each was a fully defined, flawed, person. The terror lasted until the last second and the last page. This was chilling and sad (some had to die), and more true today than when it was written. We don't worry about the KGB anymore, they seem almost tame. Muslims terrorists are much worse. A great story, wonderful read.
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