Darwin's Paradox

Pandemic Mysteries #1

by J. Oestreicher, D.R. Oestreicher

The only things they know for sure about the disease are minor aches, followed by fever, convulsions, and death. The mysterious disease is circling the globe faster than anyone believed possible. It's stretching out from the interior of Africa, reaching into the cities of Australia, and windswept deserts of the southwest U.S. With no solutions from established science, can an international collection of amateurs solve the unsolvable? Using tribal and scientific medicine from around the globe, a few young scientists may be humanity's only defense.

438 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 19, 2017

Reviews

[Karen Sweiger-Veil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful Bats

As a lover of science and bats, I was drawn to this book. I enjoyed the character development and the fact that both authors made me care about the characters and the global pandemic they would all play an important part in solving.
The story is set in several different parts of the world from the U.S. to Africa to Australia. I learned about different cultures and places that I had briefly touched upon in grade school and gained a much better understanding of how people around the world live and react to their problems and surroundings.
Great detail, intelligent and well researched content. Loved the way the book was divided into character chapters - was so easy to follow.

[Jeanie Wolfe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about how a pandemic might unfold across the globe. It focuses on several individuals in different countries and their unique situations. The first person to be affected was in Alberta, Canada, but the doctor treating the patient didn’t know what the disease was or how to treat it properly. As we proceed to the next chapters, the disease affects many people in different countries and cultures, and the issue of this new disease becomes apparent in many places. The authors wrote the book well and created interesting characters and situations. I particularly enjoyed the way the story developed for each character. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the authors for their excellent work.

[Robert Muller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlike a lot of science thrillers, this one mostly gets the science right, and the science does not dominate the main theme: that solving critical, worldwide problems can be done by means other than massive government programs. Pandemic disaster novels usually involve the CDC and/or WHO in a big way; not this one, they are totally peripheral. The disparate characters and cultures are handled well from the perspective of an American reader, we'll wait and see what the rest of the world thinks. It does point up the benefits of education and the pursuit of science worldwide--it shouldn't be just for privileged first-world, because we're going to need all the help we can get. The characters in the novel are very engaging, I'd love for them to return as they move into the next phase of their lives!

[D.R. Oestreicher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am one of the authors!!!

The only things they know for sure about the disease are minor aches, followed by fever, convulsions, and death. The mysterious disease is circling the globe faster than anyone believed possible. It's stretching out from the interior of Africa, reaching into the cities of Australia, and windswept deserts of the southwest U.S. With no solutions from established science, can an international collection of amateurs solve the unsolvable? Using tribal and scientific medicine from around the globe, a few young scientists may be humanity's only defense.