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Extinction Event
Eco-terrorists release a multiple-drug-resistant strain of plague into the environment. The virulent strain spreads, creating a worldwide epidemic. Scientists search for a cure as civilization collapses around them.
- GenresScience Fiction
248 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2012
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May 11, 2012
This is a fantastic and thought-provoking story that really makes you think and take stock of the modern world. The basis of the story is that a Russion biochemist has created a strain of plague that is extremely virulent and air-bourne and able to change so the body can't fight it. To make matters worse it is stolen before a vaccine can be developed. The disease is then sold to a very extreme animal rights group whose leader is hell bent on making the world pay, more for his own hardships rather than any real concern over the impact of humanity on the planet. In releasing the super-plague he brings about the almost utter collapse of civilisation around the world as scientists race to find a cure before mankind goes the way of the dinosaurs.
The book is written superbly with descriptive and vivid prose that brings to mind the many apocolyptic stories I've read in the past, with the images of bodies left to rot in the streets and an eery quiet descending on normally noise driven cities. The characters are also really well written with just some moments that are a little out of place and slightly awkward but this doesn't detract from the story much at all.
Either side of the main story Weber takes the reader back 60+ million years ago to the time of the dinosaurs and proposes an alternative to the traditional meteor driven extinction theory that places disease as the main culprit in their demise. And I must say this theory works and does have some support in the scientific community. Most important of all he presents it as he does his main story with vivid and descriptive prose that tells complicated science in an easy, accessible and enjoyable way (and best of all it's told through the eyes of the dinosaurs themselves). This is a great book and a fantastic read, well worth giving a go.
The book is written superbly with descriptive and vivid prose that brings to mind the many apocolyptic stories I've read in the past, with the images of bodies left to rot in the streets and an eery quiet descending on normally noise driven cities. The characters are also really well written with just some moments that are a little out of place and slightly awkward but this doesn't detract from the story much at all.
Either side of the main story Weber takes the reader back 60+ million years ago to the time of the dinosaurs and proposes an alternative to the traditional meteor driven extinction theory that places disease as the main culprit in their demise. And I must say this theory works and does have some support in the scientific community. Most important of all he presents it as he does his main story with vivid and descriptive prose that tells complicated science in an easy, accessible and enjoyable way (and best of all it's told through the eyes of the dinosaurs themselves). This is a great book and a fantastic read, well worth giving a go.
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