The Hot Zone

Books | Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / Contagious (incl. Pandemics)

3.9

(1.5K)

Richard Preston

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.

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Author

Richard Preston

Pages

448

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published Date

2012-03-14

ISBN

0307817652 9780307817655

Ratings

Google: 4

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"Couldn’t put it down "

A.Foley

"Such a great book!"

Heather H

"Very graphic book about the tales of Ebola, but very eye opening. Definitely recommend."

Marta Milam

"If you love this book, Richard Preston wrote another one called Demon in the Freezer that you should check out(: "

Alissa Landefeld

"Good read for Epidemic Times like these"

Jim Badger

"Read this book twice. Definitely worth it."

Christopher Allen

"Gory and layered, super-engaging and detailed without confusing science for story. A lot of trying to find the origin of the virus was super-repetitive and anticlimactic, however. And the last pages were the lofty, analogy-laden stuff of high school essays."

tinyhouse bigreads

"Preston's history about the ebola virus reads like science fiction, and that makes it frightening. Very accessible, very interesting, very gripping, very timely with the current news. I enjoyed it a lot."