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The Hot Zone : A Terrifying True Story
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.
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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5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Loved it! It keeps your heart racing fast and you can't put it down, and it's also educational, I learned a good deal about dangerous viruses and how relatively simple it really is for them to spread all around the world. Great read, highly recommended!
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4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a creepy book that proves that truth can really be more scarier than fiction. It will, I guarantee, make you think about that guy sneezing in front of you. His other book The Cobra Event is as equally good.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful book! I couldn't wait to get home at night and see what was next! Fast read - and creepier because it really happened. Shows that germ warfare agents CAN get out into the population......and have!
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this back in High School. A kid on my bus said, "this is a good book, read it." I did so at the time not realizing it was true until I started telling my mom about it. I couldn't put it down. It is a must read.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was hard to beleive. I went to the internet to see if it was true! Riveting. Hard to put down.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
For me, this was one of those so-gripping-I-couldn't-put-it-down books. It is horrifying and yet informative.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
You won't be able to put this down & will be haunted by it
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This terrifying true story reads like a thriller novel. Not for the faint-hearted! This book will change the way you view viruses and epidemics! THE HOT ZONE proves that truth is scarier than fiction.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
An intense and captivating read!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A terrifying look at the end results of a pandemic, natual or terrorist induced. The author traces the hunt for the source of a highly infectious deadly virus from Africa to the suburbs of Washinton, DC. There is no known cure. This would be scary enough if it were fiction, but it is based on truth.
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Couldn't put it down! I usually don't like these kinds of books!!
This is one of my all-time favorite books. A great novel
Classic, edge-of-your-seat medical thriller! A highly infectious, deadly virus begins rampaging through a Washington, DC suburb and within a few days 90% of the victims are dead. A secret team of SWAT soldiers and scientists work together to stop the outbreak!
Hard to put down - very scary that this is non-fiction account of events. Very well written, disturbingly detailed. Won't forget this one for a long time.
A truly horrifying story - more so because it is a true story.
(100% freaked me out, I wanted to wear gloves just to read it. It was used for a collage report so it has some circled words, otherwise the book is great. Loved it.
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