Sleeper Cell
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B011K99BPO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly At the start of Dr. At the same time, a Web site in Indonesia warns of Allah's "nanodeath" holocaust: "His nanomachines cannot be stopped until they have destroyed every American man, woman, and child." A team of scientists spring into action to trace the origin of the bug, finding what appears to be "a microscopic machine that can reproduce itself essentially an artificial virus." Casualties begin to mount while the team struggles to catch up; meanwhile, politicos in Washington make plans to use the attack as grounds for military action they had already been seeking to carry out. A
"Excellent Read" according to Katz. I really enjoyed the book. The story was faced paced and I felt pretty realist, from the reactions by the different members of high ranking government officials and the team of scientists trying to save lives. There we're very few spelling error, which was refreshing.. Booklover said Terrifying scenario that is all too real. Overall, this was an entertaining biothriller, and the resolution of the 'nanovirus' was clever and frightening. I enjoyed the medical aspects of the story, but as a few others mentioned, there were a few too many characters to keep track of. One thing that I think may hurt this book some is that the beginning, to me was very slow, and involved two characters that we did not see much of further on in the story. I also was very confused by the early chapter that had Jim Summers and his girlfriend Sophia at a conference. A few chapters later Jim is trying to get a date wi. "Scary, and plausible" according to Daniel T. Ferry. What a really cool find this was. I'm naturally drawn to international espionage, and spy thrillers, but wanted a change. I stumbled over this one late one night at a bookstore, and decided to pick it up. It ended up being quite terse, for a freshman novelist!Bio-terrorism. Something all people fear, in the backs of their minds. This book certainly brings it closer to the front! It makes me almost as fearful of bio-terror, as I am of terrorist bombers.As other reviewers have said, there are a lot of characters, so character development isn't strong. However, I don't fin
As the president contemplates invasion, one thing becomes clear to Biodefense's Alan Thorpe: the weapon was developed and spread in the U.S. emergency room. Fourteen cases of fever, chills, and unexplainable bleeding. A fabulous read." — Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author"Anderson has done his homework. Intelligence traces the threat to Syria. For the members of Biodefense, the nation's top-secret agency against bioterrorism, what they thought impossible has come to pass: a nanotechnological WMD has been set loose. — by a sleeper cell within our own borders.THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSENow, it's up to Thorpe and the other members of Biodefense to stop the outbreak, before more Americans die — and the world is thrown into chaos…"A smart thriller…timely and provocative." — James Rollins, national bestselling author of the Sigma Force series"It is terrifying because it is so very plausible. Sleeper Cell is chilling." — Stephen Coonts. No, no plausible — probable, perhaps inevitable. THE FIRST VICTIMSIt starts in an L.A. Fourteen deaths.THE FIRST CLUEThen the Pentagon website is breached and a warning is posted — of a plague being unleashed on the infidels