Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
Books such as Richard Preston'sThe Hot Zonethrust the deadly Ebola virus into the spotlight, but they can't match the first-person perspective ofVirus Hunter. Author C. J. Peters is an ex-army colonel who has spent his professional life studying deadly pathogens in the lab and in the wild. He spins a drama- and adrenaline-filled true tale of virus hunters, which is gripping despite its occasional tendency to grow verbose and detour into personal history. Peters offers a look at crippling diseases not only through the eyes of a scientist, but also with the perspective of an insider in the defense establishment, painting a chilling picture of the potential of biological terrorism or outright warfare.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.