A report from group 17 Author:O'Brien, Robert The virus that will destroy mankind was begun in a Nazi laboratory and completed by the Soviet KGB - less than one hour from the White House. This book is a little biological time bomb whose ticking gets one so anxious that at times it's difficult to keep reading. Mr. O'Brien knows that the threat to a single, appealing life is far more interest... more »ing to read about than the possible end of mankind in general. So by sketching, in a few deft lines, the plight of a 12 yr. old girl, he turns a heartstopping domestic drama into a doomsday machine that threatens the globe.« less