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Synopsis
Seventeen hundred people in a shopping mall are killed by an unknown but lethal bacterium that may not have been of a natural origin. Infectious disease expert Dr. Susan Lyle and ex-CIA operative Blaine McCraken investigate.
| Size | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
After 1700 people die mysteriously in a shopping mall fire outside of Boston, Dr. Susan Lyle, an infectious disease specialist with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, discovers that an unknown biological organism has drained the humans of all of their hemoglobin. Lyle's search puts her on the trail of a 15-year-old genius who has developed a deadly organism. Also searching for the boy is Blaine McCracken, an adventurer and ex-CIA agent, and he and Susan join forces. To their horror, they uncover a secret government organization that specializes in weapons research and biological experiments. The action is riveting, the writing is sharp, and readers will not be disappointed with the dramatic climax in this novel by the author of The Alpha Deception (Fawcett, 1987). Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., Kalamazoo
Breitman
What begins with 1700 dead in a Cambridge, Mass., shopping mall ends with a spectacularly gory climax in Disney World as Land, author of numerous paperback thrillers (most recently, Kingdom of the Seven), makes his over-the-top hardcover debut. When Dr. Susan Lyle of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrives in Cambridge to investigate the mysterious deaths, this novel looks to shape up as yet another techno-thriller about yet another super-lethal disease. But expectations soon go awry as Land tosses in a career's worth of thriller standbys, beginning with a top-secret weapons-development agency called Group Six, plus an old Nazi geneticist and his ``sons'' (a 15-year-old lonely genius and a hideously deformed killer). Teaming up with Susan is ex-CIA agent Blaine McCracken and his colorful sidekicks (one of whom is a helicopter pilot named Harry Lime); also hanging about are some noble Sioux who live according to the old traditions and watch out for Blaine and Susan. The action leaps from Cambridge to Cuba to Key West to Colorado, before arriving at Disney World. There, the house the mouse built goes up in flames while a life-size, computerized T-rex runs amok and chomps on a villain. Fortunately, Land mixes his ingredients with a vigorous hand and cooks them at high heat, winding up with a zesty, if decidedly non-nutritious, mind-snack. (Dec.)
Bernstein
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