The First Horseman

by H. G. Wells

2021-05-29 02:14:51

With the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Genesis Code, John Case gave us a compelling, chillingly plausible novel of suspense. Now Case returns with a thriller that combines cutting-edge science, biblical scholarship, and political int... Read more
With the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Genesis Code, John Case gave us a compelling, chillingly plausible novel of suspense. Now Case returns with a thriller that combines cutting-edge science, biblical scholarship, and political intrigue with a caatastrophic, all-too-real nightmare for the coming millennium.

A crippled North Korean peasant staggers across miles of icy terrain to tell an astonishing tale of a village decimated by disease -- and how the military massacred everyone to contain it. The horrific story portends the possible resurgence of a deadly virus that killed more than fifty million people eighty years ago.

Soon a covert scientific expedition is dispatched to extract the viral isolates from the lung tissues of miners who succumbed to that lethal strain of flu in 1918 -- and to create a vaccine. But a shocking discovery awaits the researchers. And when an investigative reporter delves into the increasingly disturbing events, he finds himself pursuing the most dangerous story of his life.... Less

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Herbert George Wells (21 Sep 1866 – 13 Aug 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography ...

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