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Type B
John, a courier for Mercy Hospital lab, is given instructions to immediately go to the Cinti Medical Building to pick up two blood specimens and rush them to the hospital for analysis. This was a strange request and outside any normal procedures. John soon discovers information about a deadly blood disease that is fatal to everyone except those who have type B blood and those who have not reached adolescence. At first the medical community didn’t know what it was, how it spread or how to cure it. What they did know was the virus spreads rapidly with a mortality rate of 100 percent.
John he was type B and through blood tests discovers his 14 yr old son Peter was the same. This meant that the disease would not affect them, but his wife Paula was type A and Beth, his 11 yr old daughter is type AB which means they are susceptible and could die from the disease.
John meets Joyce, a Center for Disease Control (CDC) agent, who is using the hospital labs to investigate this disease. They quickly become friends allowing him to learn more about the growing epidemic. He learns that a blood transfusion of non-contaminated blood can help slow down the effects of the disease. The blood banks are running low on non-contaminated blood, so the only other place to find it is from an adult who has not been infected, which is slim, or from a young adolescent who is too young to catch the disease.
John discusses the situation with his son, and explains how a transfusion could help prolong his mother’s life. Peter and his friend Ken conceive a plan to go out and find young blood donors and perform the transfusions. They have to face many dangers; one of their biggest fears is being caught by parents or the authority as they try to put possible donors to sleep, so that they can draw blood to determine their blood type.
As the disease takes its toll on the adult population, the number of adolescent gang starts to grow causing more problems throughout the communities. Problems like burglary, arson, and various forms of assault including rape and murder become commonplace. These gangs also hinder Ken and Peter’s hope for finding a blood donor should Paula become infected.
As time goes by, the death toll continues to climb. The disease spreads as Peter’s friends start to experience losses. John and his family continue to survive but the disease starts to affect his family as society continues to crumble.
The population of the world is decreasing fast but no one is sure of the numbers. There are deaths associated directly with the disease, but there are other factors. Gang fights are the number one killer of young people but many kids die during the winter months due to exposure or malnutrition. Robbery is also a big problem. The number one crime against young girls is rape.
Who will survive and what will society look like?
John he was type B and through blood tests discovers his 14 yr old son Peter was the same. This meant that the disease would not affect them, but his wife Paula was type A and Beth, his 11 yr old daughter is type AB which means they are susceptible and could die from the disease.
John meets Joyce, a Center for Disease Control (CDC) agent, who is using the hospital labs to investigate this disease. They quickly become friends allowing him to learn more about the growing epidemic. He learns that a blood transfusion of non-contaminated blood can help slow down the effects of the disease. The blood banks are running low on non-contaminated blood, so the only other place to find it is from an adult who has not been infected, which is slim, or from a young adolescent who is too young to catch the disease.
John discusses the situation with his son, and explains how a transfusion could help prolong his mother’s life. Peter and his friend Ken conceive a plan to go out and find young blood donors and perform the transfusions. They have to face many dangers; one of their biggest fears is being caught by parents or the authority as they try to put possible donors to sleep, so that they can draw blood to determine their blood type.
As the disease takes its toll on the adult population, the number of adolescent gang starts to grow causing more problems throughout the communities. Problems like burglary, arson, and various forms of assault including rape and murder become commonplace. These gangs also hinder Ken and Peter’s hope for finding a blood donor should Paula become infected.
As time goes by, the death toll continues to climb. The disease spreads as Peter’s friends start to experience losses. John and his family continue to survive but the disease starts to affect his family as society continues to crumble.
The population of the world is decreasing fast but no one is sure of the numbers. There are deaths associated directly with the disease, but there are other factors. Gang fights are the number one killer of young people but many kids die during the winter months due to exposure or malnutrition. Robbery is also a big problem. The number one crime against young girls is rape.
Who will survive and what will society look like?
431 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 17, 2014
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May 9, 2022
Type B is set in Cincinnati in 2006. Courier John Davis has worked as a Biological Fluid Courier for Christ Hospital for twenty years. When John began noticing unusual activity, he starts paying attention to the increase in blood tests at the lab. What follows is the discovery of the Sanguis virus, which is responsible for the disease called BARD – B Antigen Resistive Disease. Anyone with a blood type other than type B could die from this disease. John comes up with a daring plan to save his family while the impact of BARD is felt by the entire world.
Type B is a thrilling and fascinating novel that provides readers with detailed scenes, intriguing characters, and uniquely unusual events. Author Steve Mitchell provides a visionary look at what could happen if the world is struck by a fast-acting and lethal disease.
I enjoyed Steve Mitchell’s writing style because it is fast-paced and succinct. I found myself wanting to read more and it was hard to put this book down as it was eerily relatable to current events. Johns character felt authentic and his family also felt realistic. This helps ground this otherwise wild story and propels the story forward in a way that feels like it could happen.
John’s character is intense but he can also be caring and I feel like he really pulls the reader into this thrilling novel. John’s children are also believable characters as they are innocent and unaware of what is going on in the world. It is through them that the reader gets to experience what it would be like to risk family members in such a catastrophe. This brings a surprisingly emotional aspect to a novel that is overtly intense.
There are many scenes throughout the book that are very detailed. If you are a reader that enjoys detailed scenes then you will enjoy the visuals the author creates of the events taking place. The reader is able to feel the intensity and the stress that this virus brings to Cinncinati as the characters in the story either take it seriously or don’t.
Type B is a fascinating and fast-paced medical thriller. In a dystopian society, readers will feel the suspense as John and his family fight for their very survival. This novel is best for mature audiences due to the nature of some of the scenes.
Type B is a thrilling and fascinating novel that provides readers with detailed scenes, intriguing characters, and uniquely unusual events. Author Steve Mitchell provides a visionary look at what could happen if the world is struck by a fast-acting and lethal disease.
I enjoyed Steve Mitchell’s writing style because it is fast-paced and succinct. I found myself wanting to read more and it was hard to put this book down as it was eerily relatable to current events. Johns character felt authentic and his family also felt realistic. This helps ground this otherwise wild story and propels the story forward in a way that feels like it could happen.
John’s character is intense but he can also be caring and I feel like he really pulls the reader into this thrilling novel. John’s children are also believable characters as they are innocent and unaware of what is going on in the world. It is through them that the reader gets to experience what it would be like to risk family members in such a catastrophe. This brings a surprisingly emotional aspect to a novel that is overtly intense.
There are many scenes throughout the book that are very detailed. If you are a reader that enjoys detailed scenes then you will enjoy the visuals the author creates of the events taking place. The reader is able to feel the intensity and the stress that this virus brings to Cinncinati as the characters in the story either take it seriously or don’t.
Type B is a fascinating and fast-paced medical thriller. In a dystopian society, readers will feel the suspense as John and his family fight for their very survival. This novel is best for mature audiences due to the nature of some of the scenes.
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