The Cobra Event
A Novel
Published on 29. August 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-345-40997-3 (ISBN)
Description
"One of those books you literally can't put down . . . makes The Hot Zone virus-far away in a rainforest-look like no big deal."-Detroit Free Press
Five days ago, a homeless man on a subway platform died in agony as startled commuters looked on. Yesterday, a teenager started having violent, uncontrollable spasms in art class. Within minutes, she too was dead.
Dr. Alice Austen is a medical pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. What she knows is that the two deaths are connected. What she fears is that they are only the beginning. . . .
"Manages to grab you with the authenticity of its scientific detective work and haunt you with its sheer plausibility."-Entertainment Weekly
Five days ago, a homeless man on a subway platform died in agony as startled commuters looked on. Yesterday, a teenager started having violent, uncontrollable spasms in art class. Within minutes, she too was dead.
Dr. Alice Austen is a medical pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. What she knows is that the two deaths are connected. What she fears is that they are only the beginning. . . .
"Manages to grab you with the authenticity of its scientific detective work and haunt you with its sheer plausibility."-Entertainment Weekly
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 174 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
215 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-345-40997-3 (9780345409973)
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Person
Richard Preston