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The Hot Zone

The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

By Richard Preston

By Richard Preston

By Richard Preston

By Richard Preston

By Richard Preston

By Richard Preston

Paperback $16.95

Jun 15, 1999 | 352 Pages

Mass Market Paperback $8.99

Jul 20, 1995 | 448 Pages

Ebook $6.99

Mar 14, 2012 | 448 Pages

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    About The Hot Zone

    The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic “hot” virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their “crashes” into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.

    About The Hot Zone

    The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic “hot” virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their “crashes” into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.

    About The Hot Zone

    The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic “hot” virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their “crashes” into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.

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    The Cobra Event
    First Light
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    About Richard Preston

    Richard Preston is the bestselling author of The Hot Zone, The Demon in the Freezer, The Wild Trees, and the novel The Cobra Event. A writer for The New Yorker since 1985, Preston is the only nondoctor to have received the Centers for Disease Control… More about Richard Preston

    About Richard Preston

    Richard Preston is the bestselling author of The Hot Zone, The Demon in the Freezer, The Wild Trees, and the novel The Cobra Event. A writer for The New Yorker since 1985, Preston is the only nondoctor to have received the Centers for Disease Control… More about Richard Preston

    About Richard Preston

    Richard Preston is the bestselling author of The Hot Zone, The Demon in the Freezer, The Wild Trees, and the novel The Cobra Event. A writer for The New Yorker since 1985, Preston is the only nondoctor to have received the Centers for Disease Control… More about Richard Preston

    Product Details

    Category: Health & Fitness

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Anchor
    Jun 15, 1999 | 352 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385495226

    Category: Health & Fitness

    Mass Market Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jul 20, 1995 | 448 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780385479561

    Category: Health & Fitness

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Anchor
    Mar 14, 2012 | 448 Pages | ISBN 9780307817655

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    Praise

    "One of the most horrifying things I’ve ever read. What a remarkable piece of work."
    –Stephen King



    "Popular science writing at its best and the year’s most infectious page-turner."
    —People



    "A top-drawer horror story…the best literary roller coaster of the fall."
    —Newsweek

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