Query: Novels about diseases and disorders and disasters but not Novels based on actual events
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Inferno (Brown novel)
The Book of the Dun Cow (novel)
The Plague (novel)
Mount Dragon
Virus (novel)
Lock In
Darwin's Radio
Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff
The Alchymist's Cat
Outbreak (novel)
Grand Canary (novel)
The Dreamers (novel)
Evidence from documents: Inferno (Brown novel): Novels about diseases: Brooks explains that Zobrist was a geneticist who advocated the halting of humanity's growth, and that he was rumored to be working on an engineered disease to do so.
disasters: The date specified in Zobrist's video was the mathematical calculation of when the entire world would be infected, which has already happened.
The Book of the Dun Cow (novel): Thus begins the war between the basilisks and the animals of the land, a war reminiscent of the battle of Armageddon. The animals suffer massive casualties, but in the end manage to drive the basilisks to death.
The Plague (novel): Oran and its surroundings were struck by disease several times before Camus published his novel.
Mount Dragon: Novels about diseases and disorders and disasters but not Novels based on actual events: Mount Dragon''''' is a 1996 techno-thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The action primarily follows Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca, two researchers employed by the corporation GeneDyne and stationed at the Mount Dragon facility in New Mexico. In attempting to engineer a therapeutic hormone to prevent all forms of influenza, GeneDyne has accidentally created a frighteningly virulent disease. Meanwhile, Carson and Cabeza de Vaca face a much more immediate threat at the Mount Dragon facility—from their own colleagues.
ovels about diseases and disorders and disasters: e. Levine counters that the extent of the dangers of genetically modified products is unknown, and that humans should proceed with caution in genetically altering or engineering products that could change the biological make-up of humanity. In the end, Scopes and Levine are exposed to the mutated i
Virus (novel): Novels about diseases: In February 19 (actually implied as 1970, later to be known as the Year of the Calamity), a scientist at Porton Down smuggles a sample of the developed virus, codenamed MM88, and gives it to a group of men who have been tasked to bring it to Dr. Leisener, a Czech molecular biologist who is skilled at developing antidotes for it. The scientist, Dr. Karlsky, insists that the germ must never be exposed to warm temperatures.
disasters: The group flies out of England bound for a rendezvous with US intelligence agents in Turkey. They never make it; their plane crashes into the Alps in the middle of a snowstorm and the vial holding the virus breaks open.
not Novels based on actual events: , literally ''Day of Resurrection'' is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written by Sakyo Komatsu.
disorders: His girlfriend dies shortly after a press conference eight days later, but not before she reveals that the actor died of a heart attack just before the accident despite being in good health.
Lock In: The world is exposed to a highly contagious virus. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu-like symptoms
Darwin's Radio: Novels about diseases: The novel follows several characters as the "plague" is discovered as well as the panicked reaction of the public and the US government to the disease.
disasters: The novel follows several characters as the "plague" is discovered as well as the panicked reaction of the public and the US government to the disease.
Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff: disasters: His adventures include a trip to New Orleans to help Katrina victims. He travels to Baghdad, Beirut, South Sudan, and other locations for sewage emergencies.
not Novels based on actual events: In several interviews, Penn said that he was inspired to write the novel in response to current political movements, including the Parkland shooting survivors working to change gun laws. Although readers can draw connections to modern events and figures, Penn claims that the book is about morality and modern American culture.
disorders: With no formal plot, it is not entirely clear if Honey's life story, recounted through Pariah, is supposed to be true or a figment of Honey's delusional mind.
The Alchymist's Cat: '''''The Alchymist's Cat''''' is a dark fantasy novel for children by British author Robin Jarvis. It is the first book in ''The Deptford Histories'' trilogy, a series of prequels to Jarvis's ''Deptford Mice'' books. Set in 17th century London, it serves as a backstory for the original trilogy's main antagonist, Jupiter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1991 by Macdonald Young Books. In 2004, it was published in the United States by Chronicle Books as '''''The Alchemist's Cat'''''.
In London in 1664, an orange tabby cat named Imelza encounters a black cat she comes to call Master Midnight. When asked his real name, he identifies himself only as Imp. Imelza is seduced by him and he impregnates her that night.
Outbreak (novel): Outbreak''''' is a medical thriller written by Robin Cook and published in 1987 which deals with an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the United State
Grand Canary (novel): Set in Spain, the novel tells the story of Dr. Harvey Leith, an English physician who is wrongfully blamed for the deaths of three patients and leaves his country in disgrace, ultimately finding redemption when thrust into the middle of a yellow fever epidemic in the Canary Islands.
The Dreamers (novel): Novels about diseases: Walker's second novel details an ominous sleeping virus that sweeps over the fictional town, Santa Lora, in Southern California.
and disorders and disasters: Walker uses writing as a way to combat anxiety and fear for possible future disasters, which influenced her decision to write her first novel, ''The Dreamers'' as a psychological realism story.