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Simon and Schuster
February 2007
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Featuring: Gregory Gillette
352 pages
ISBN: 0743297644
EAN: 9780743297646
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Mystery | Thriller
A plague
that will cause the death of millions. A plague that will
destroy
countries. A plague that will plunge the world into a dark
age. A
plague that will make nobody
sick... When the
first planes go down -- in Europe, in California, in Asia --
authorities blame terrorists. All flights are grounded as
world leaders
try to figure out how the global assault has been
coordinated. And when
cars, ships, and factories stop running too, it becomes
clear that the
common link is oil. Somehow a microbe, genetically engineered to
destroy petroleum, has infected the world supply. The world
descends
into a new dark age. Dr. Gregory Gillette, an
epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control, is a
disease
hunter specializing in microbes that attack human beings.
When the
Pentagon taps him to be part of the Rapid Response Team
assembled to
track and kill the devastating Delta-3 bacteria, he quickly
discovers
that his expertise is ignored, his presence meaningless. The
leader of
the task force is an old nemesis who sidelines
Gillette. Gillette
returns home to Washington, where he watches in horror as
food becomes
scarce, neighbor attacks neighbor, and government collapses.
With
winter approaching, the capital faces anarchy and Gillette
faces a
choice: to stay with his family or to disobey orders and
find the
microbes' antidote through clues that may not even be real.
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