From the jungles of Indonesia to the very heart of New York City comes a plague that kills 100 percent of its victims. Medicine's greatest nightmare, this modern black death is caused by the most virulent and uncontrollable mutant virus humanity has ever witnessed. And medicine can do nothing to stop its merciless spread.
Scientist Debra Hart and her team of experts are tasked by the United Nations to stop the disease. Racing against time, they must find the cause and the cure and figure out why this deadly disease-spread by bats-is killing thousands in cities across the globe. Debra and her team will struggle to stop the disease from spreading to millions more, even if it means killing off every bat alive. But fighting to prevent her are manic animal rights' activists who rail against species genocide, even if it means risking the deaths of human beings. And hidden behind a cloak of secrecy is a crazed academic who'll even kill top American government officials to save one living creature.
This is the nightmare scenario that Debra faces as the public becomes so terrified of bats that entire communities become vigilantes.
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Autorentext
Alan Gold is an influential columnist for the Spectator, the Australian and other magazines. He appears regularly in the media as a commentator on human rights and international politics. Gold's previous works include the internationally-successful The Jericho Files, as well as the bestseller The Lost Testament. He currently lives in Sydney, Australia with his family.
Zusammenfassung
A mutant virus with catastrophic potential forces a team of scientists into a race against timeand a fight against environmentalists. An airborne sickness is spreading across the globea super-strength pathogen that makes the Black Death look like the common cold. There is no vaccine. There is no cure. And it kills 100 percent of its victims. All anyone knows is that the carriers of this deadly plague are bats. Scientist Debra Hart and her team of experts are tasked by the United Nations to stop the outbreak. Racing against time, they must find the cause, the cure, and the reason this deadly disease is killing thousands in cities across the globe. Debra and her team will stop at nothing to keep the epidemic from spreading to millions more, even if it means killing off every bat on Earth. But fighting her mission are fanatical animal rights activists railing against the possible species genocide, even as the bats threaten the very survival of the human race . . .