Epidemia

by Ian Probert

From the new Classified series, a title which looks at the deadly Ebola virus which was discovered in a research laboratory just three miles from Washington in 1980, the news of which was subsequently covered up.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Ian Probert has been scribbling down words ever since he learned to spell the phrase: 'Once upon a time...'. He is the author of Internet Spy, Rope Burns and a bunch of other titles. Internet Spy was a bestseller in the US and made into a TV film. Rope Burns is a book about why books shouldn't be written about boxing. Ian has also written things for a shed load of newspapers and magazines. When Ian was a student he used to write lots of letters to the bank manager.

Reviews

[Graham Sillars · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fictional account of a real event. Well written and engaging. Dark and foreboding too. A nice touch at the end of the book was a rundown of other global diseases. Especially the Black Death or, Bubonic Plague. Scary to imagine a global Ebola Outbreak. But then why think of that when we’re in the middle of the current scarefest?!

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ian Probert is one of the first authors that I spoke to for SocialBookshelves.com, and so I figured I’d check out some of his work. This one was actually published way back in 1997, and whilst it’s aimed at kids, I actually thought it was a lot of fun.

Loosely speaking, it follows the story of a group of scientists who try to stop an outbreak of Ebola at a research facility.

[Reynan Wenceslao · Rating 5 out of 5]

to know what is ebola