Richard Preston - The Hot Zone - A Terrifying True Story (NY Times Best Seller about Ebola, Marburg, etc) (271p) [Inua].pdf

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by Richard Preston (Jun 30, 1999)

The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. 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.

In his blurb, horror writer Stephen King called the first chapter, "one of the most horrifying things I've read in my whole life."

When asked whether any book "scared the pants off you" television writer Suzanne Collins answered, "The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston. I just read it a few weeks ago. Still recovering."

ISBN 0385495226
ISBN13:978-0385479561