Published: Dec. 22, 2009
Words: 50,139 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780982875803

Short description

In the course of a routine transfer between government installations, a team of ruthless mercenaries intercepts a cache of a highly engineered Spanish Flu virus. Gage Mercer, the future son in law of a deranged billionaire, finds himself drawn into a plot to trigger the extinction of the human race through a deliberate release of the virus.

Extended description

Over fifty million people died when the Spanish Flu swept the globe in 1918. The virus attacked the young and healthy, dealing a crippling blow to a world still reeling from the horrors of the First World War. It wormed its way into communities large and small, killing mercilessly, before abruptly vanishing without a trace in the summer of 1920.

That was then.

In 2005, scientists completed sequencing the genetic code of the Spanish Flu. The following year, they infected monkeys with a reanimated strain of the very same virus. (Read more) Over fifty million people died when the Spanish Flu swept the globe in 1918. The virus attacked the young and healthy, dealing a crippling blow to a world still reeling from the horrors of the First World War. It wormed its way into communities large and small, killing mercilessly, before abruptly vanishing without a trace in the summer of 1920.

That was then.

In 2005, scientists completed sequencing the genetic code of the Spanish Flu. The following year, they infected monkeys with a reanimated strain of the very same virus.

The monkeys exhibited classic symptoms of the 1918 Spanish Flu.

Then they died.

This is now.

In the course of a routine transfer between government facilities, a team of ruthless mercenaries intercepts a supply of a highly engineered Spanish Flu virus.

Gage Mercer, the future son in law of a deranged billionaire, finds himself drawn into a plot to trigger the extinction of the human race through a deliberate release of the virus.

This could be the future.
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Tags

mystery, apocalypse, airplane, thriller suspense, colorado, pandemic, virus, oil, environmental intrigue, chase, dystopian, h1n1 influenza, flu pandemic, pandemic extinction human, thriller fiction mystery suspense, plane wreck, environmental thriller, environmental concerns, conspiracy thriller, end of times, zombie end of world survival apocalypse, collapse of civilization, spanish flu

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Review by: Jacqueline dubois on Aug. 20, 2011 :
An interesting thriller with a scientific/environmental storyline. Explores the nature of loyalty to one's family or friends. I would like to read more by this author.
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