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Jun 15, 1999 | ISBN 9780385495226 Buy
Jul 20, 1995 | ISBN 9780385479561 Buy
Mar 14, 2012 | ISBN 9780307817655 Buy
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Jun 15, 1999 | ISBN 9780385495226
Jul 20, 1995 | ISBN 9780385479561
Mar 14, 2012 | ISBN 9780307817655
The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D’Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.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.
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
"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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