The Deadliest Strain
by Jan Coffey
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Author: Jan CoffeyEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: 0778324583
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Mira
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Book Review: Have the tissues ready....
Summary: 5 Stars
The premise is a flesh eating disease has struck the US in what appears to be a terrorist attack. The DNA of the quick(like hours) acting disease is similar to one found at a lab in Iraq early in the war. As luck would have it the US Gov't has the DR found at this lab in a prison in Afghanistan and a team is sent to talk with HER. But when the lead investigator gets there he begins to have doubts as to her involvement as well as doubts about her. As the US health team races from one horrific incident of death to another caused by the disease trying to find the common denominator, the team with the DR leaves Afghanistan to travel to Northern Iraq, home to the Kurds and then into Iran for answers.
To say more would spoil it for the reader. but the story is beautifully written with strong emotions, and is poignant in its disclosure of the effects of governments' actions on the people who are the innocent victims in political wars. The pace is a fast roller coaster ride as each event pushed the reader to an incredibly satisfying conclusion, truly have the tissues ready. Reading the Author's note will make it clear why this book was a labor of love for her. Here's hoping we hear more from Coffey in future offerings about these two wonderfully developed protagonists THE DEADLIEST STRAIN is a rich tale of devotion to job, family and culture.
Jan Coffey has entered brave new ground with THE DEADLIEST STRAIN and is a must read.
Summary of The Deadliest Strain
What can stand between America and a plague that devours human bodies from the inside out?Cases of sudden, unexplained deaths?marked by rapid decomposition?are cropping up across the U.S. Their cause: a supermicrobe that causes flesh-eating disease so aggressive that victims die within an hour and infect dozens more.
Suspecting bioterrorists at work, Homeland Security is willing to bend any rule to find the source of the deadly infection, even if it means resurrecting a "dead" Iraqi biochemist, long held in a CIA ghost prison. The disease's unwitting creator risked her life trying to destroy it. Her sister tried, too, and landed in prison. But time is running out as they search for the one person who might hold the key.?
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