The Spirit Death
David Docherty(Author)
Pocket Books (Publisher)
Published on 22. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-671-02945-6 (ISBN)
Description
A disturbing and highly convincing urban thriller which explores the effects of a tropical killer disease being released in London, and the terror that ensues. 'Every thing is hostile to every other thing' - Ovid: THE CREATION A vile and deadly disease is purging the unsuspecting streets of London. People are collapsing; bleeding to death and worse, and nobody seems to know why or how this killer virus formed...Working in London's Centre for Infectious Diseases Mike Davenport has his own problems to deal with but is faced with a crisis management situation, in which the government seem set on putting their public relations agenda before the lives of their people. This is a charged and taut psychological thriller which explores what motivates people in their behaviour and the complex ways in which people deal with fear and disaster. It is the product of intensive research on the ways in which our behaviour is causing major ecological problems that may result in the rise of a new plague.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-671-02945-6 (9780671029456)
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Person
David Docherty is an accomplished academic who has published several important books on the media. He is now the Director of New Media and Deputy Director of Television at the BBC, in London. This is his first novel. Author Residence Abbots Langly, Hertfordshire