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Title	:	The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Author	:	Richard Preston
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	June 15th 1999 by Anchor Books (first published December 1994)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Science. History. Medical. Health. Medicine. Horror. Thriller

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

Richard Preston

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 93060 Users | 4954 Reviews

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A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.

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Original Title:	The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
ISBN:	0385495226 (ISBN13: 9780385495226)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America
Literary Awards:	Evergreen Teen Book Award (1998)

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The first thing to know about The Hot Zone, the 1995 bestseller by Richard Preston, is that it is not a romance novel. While men, women, exotic getaways and showers are involved, they're not the type that would cue Sade on the soundtrack. The book is based on an article by Preston published by the New Yorker in 1992 as "Crisis in the Hot Zone" but by trying to hit two targets--journalism and the thriller/suspense genre--it misses both. The rudimentary style of Preston's writing dispels the

Both species, the human and the monkey, were in the presence of another life form, which was older and more powerful than either of them, and was a dweller in blood. I read this book on the same days I was watching the Netflix adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, which had a curious effect on me. Because, well, the TV show might be very creepy, but I have to say it is nothing compared to the horror of this book.That's what The Hot Zone is: A true horror story.Preston uses interviews and

A true story that surpasses a lot of fiction. It will will quite possibly keep you up nights....**UPDATE**Wow, I got a "Like" on the short review above, Thanks. LOLI read this book sometime back and it is really thought provoking. It gives a look at filoviruses, their history in human diseases (at least from the time they were recognized into the book's present. We take a look at AIDS but we also look at Ebola.This includes Ebola Reston a mutation of the Ebola virus that became extremely easy to

This is one of those rare situations where I read an entire book in one sitting. This book is absolutely captivating and terrifying. It has been over 20 years since I read it and parts of it still stick with me. This book and any of the others by Preston about viruses, pandemics, etc. are well worth your time!Fun fact: Richard Preston is the brother of Douglas Preston of Preston & Child/Pendergast fame

I better look up that CDC page! Thanks Sandra, may your next read be better :D

Read this while you are eating on a plane next to a sick person.

Ouch.... seems I am of the faint-hearted sort. At the point where Monet starts to literally disintegrate on his plane trip, I got a kind of anxiety attack and had to stop reading. :(...so... it looks like I might literally not be able to read this book... UPDATE:I did it! ..and Preston did apparently later admit that he had slightly exaggerated here and there. I must admit that I found his visit to Kitum cave, towards the end of the book, to be a spot of melodrama, as was quite a bit of the rest