Full name: The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

Author: Richard Preston Year: 1994 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Science, Award winners, History, Horror, Thriller Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads OpenLibrary Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780385495226 9780385479561 0385495226 0385479565

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. Similar books: Virus Hunter by C. J. Peters Spillover by David Quammen Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC by Joseph B. McCormick Pandemic by Sonia Shah Virus X by Frank Ryan The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston Influenza by Jeremy Brown Ebola by William Close Rabid by Bill Wasik The Viral Storm by Nathan Wolfe Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright The Family That Couldn't Sleep by D. T. Max Deadly Feasts by Richard Rhodes The Wild Trees by Richard Preston Killer Germs by Barry E. Zimmerman Buried Alive by Jan Bondeson The Code Book by Simon Singh The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee