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The
Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
by
Richard Preston
On December 9, 1979, smallpox, the most deadly human virus,
ceased to
exist in nature. After eradication, it was confined to freezers
located in
just two places on earth: the Center for Disease Control in
Atlanta and the
Maximum Containment Laboratory in Siberia. Or so we thought....
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"Richard
Preston burst on the scene several years ago
with his nonfiction bestseller The Hot Zone, the
true
story of the Ebola virus that sent chills down the spines
of everyone who read it. He returns and attempts to
shock us into consciousness again, this time with the
smallpox virus in The
Demon in the Freezer. He educates
us in the hell that a biological attack with smallpox
would
bring, and the efforts by scientists in the U.S. to
try to prevent it." [Washington
Post review by Ed Regis] |
"The
Demon in the Freezer" is a terrifying narrative
about smallpox,
the mother of all biological weapons. With razor-sharp clarity
and drama,
Preston cuts through the science and reels in a true story that,
by its
chilling nature, will drive a lot of people crazy". [Neena
Pellegrini, The
Seattle Times] Read
Complete Review
"Smallpox,
which unlike anthrax is extremely contagious and has no known
treatment, could "make 9/11 look like a cakewalk" and
"bring the world to
its knees," according to experts asked by the National
Institutes of Health
to model the spread of the disease.
Preston, who writes in a gripping, spare and fast-paced style
that renders
complex science in clear accessible language, takes us on a
fascinating
journey through the history of this deadly disease. [LAUREL
STASKUS,
Houston Chronicle] Read
Full Review
 Fascinating
& Terrifying [An
Amazon Reader]
Richard Preston's first work of non-fiction, "The Hot
Zone" was a
gruesome look at emerging viruses in general, and the Ebola
virus in
particular. However, no matter how grotesque it got, the reader
could
detach themselves from the book because Ebola is basically
unheard of
in the developed world, and isn't particularly effective at
spreading (it
kills its victims to quickly). His latest, "The
Demon in the Freezer" is
another story altogether..."
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