Mystery/Thriller -- 4 stars
Two bioterror officers are sent to investigate a remote village in Australia. What they discover is a killing organism so horrifying that they order the entire area burned to a cinder. It should have ended there, but a scientist accompanying the team insisted on bringing a sample of the organism back to the U.S. Storing it deep in the earth in a government secured facility kept it safe. Then global warming happened. ----- This is a book squarely in the thriller genre, and a well-written one at that. Which raises the question: How can a premise so patently ludicrous be, at the same time, so profoundly plausible? Pseudo-scientific "evidence" may raise the question, but in the end, interesting characters and fast pacing make the question moot. Just enjoy the ride.
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