The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston

The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston

In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in the USA, the Western world had to deal with a new threat: bioterrorism. In this account of what happened and could still happen, Richard Preston looks at the threat of smallpox and raises questions about what happened to the viruses kept in storage.

This book will give you nightmares.. He turns a story about science and medicine into a theme-park ride of a thriller - Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Fascinating, frightening and important. It reads like a thriller but the demons are real - Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch

As exciting as the best thrillers, yet scarier by far - Publishers Weekly

Lucid and unsettling, and no one will read it without taking biological weapons much more seriously - Financial Times

A story of terrifying duplicity - Sunday Times

Richard Preston was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1954. He received a PhD from Princeton University, and is a regular contributor to the New Yorker. His first non-fiction book, THE HOT ZONE, was an international bestseller. He is the only non-medical doctor ever to have been awarded the Center for Disease Control's Champion of Prevention Award.

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ISBN 13	9780755312177
ISBN 10	0755312171
Title	The Demon in the Freezer
Author	Richard Preston
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Headline Publishing Group
Year published	2003-01-06
Number of pages	320
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