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Great fiction about a possible viral attack in the US	Customer Rating:
He's written great nonfiction about Anthrax and smallpox. Very scary and fascinating. This is a what if book that will frighten you while entertaining you. I loved it.

A crazy read..

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I found this book after I read Preston's other book, 'The Hot Zone.' I didn't even get to finish it because it didn't hold my interest halfway into the book for some reason that I can't even remember. The beginning is the only thing that I remember. Talk about the gross-factor! Anyways, I decided to give Preston another try when I went to the library. Wow, it was a good read. It was fast paced and it gave me the chills. I couldn't stop thinking about how real it felt when I was reading. I had a couple nightmares, as embarrassing as that sounds. So overall, it was a good read. More into detail of the book, I couldn't relate to the characters. I also didn't really know much about them. I love characterization and there wasn't much of it in this book. However, the action and plot of the book made up for it I guess! It has gore and it's so descriptive that I would have barfed if my stomach was weak. As I said, the plot seems so real that it can scare you. It's a fast read. It didn't take me too long to finish.

A really good biological thriller...

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I read this right after "Quantico" (Greg Bear) and this ending satisfied because it was realistic, no Deus Ex, the nasty is still with us (as it would be in the real world). Mr. Preston picked an interesting real world genetic disorder, stretched it into something that could be manufactured and made communicable, coupled it to an enigmatic bad guy (the good guys were pretty stock) and spun it into a bloody good story that was hard to put down. I'll keep this one to read again.

Terrifying

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Chemical and biological warfare is the scariest form of war to me since it is essentially invisible. While this novel is fiction, it reads as a horrifying alternate reality. Mr.Preston has demonstrated his vast knowledge base on these topics with his nonfiction works. The villain in this novel is too easy to imagine and this novel resonates with me on a regular basis as the true violent scenario to fear.

Guilty pleasure for science geeks	Customer Rating:
This book is the result of mixing Silence of the Lambs and The Andromeda Strain. It's a nice technothriller, but the writing has some serious rough spots. Given that it's Preston's first fiction book those are somewhat forgivable. It's a guilty pleasure I'd recommend to science geek for some light, very light, reading...