The Cobra Event (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345409973)

"One of those books you literally can't put down . . . makes The Hot Zone virus--far away in a rainforest--look like no big deal."--Detroit Free Press

Five days ago, a homeless man on a subway platform died in agony as startled commuters looked on. Yesterday, a teenager started having violent, uncontrollable spasms in art class. Within minutes, she too was dead.

Dr. Alice Austen is a medical pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. What she knows is that the two deaths are connected. What she fears is that they are only the beginning. . . .

"Manages to grab you with the authenticity of its scientific detective work and haunt you with its sheer plausibility."--Entertainment Weekly

Author: Richard Preston
ISBN-10: 0345409973
ISBN-13: 9780345409973
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Language: English
Published: 08/29/1998
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 6.91h x 4.20w x 1.14d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 29347 / Cobra Event


Review Citation(s):
ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 01/01/1999 pg. 1317