Biohazard 9-1-1 (Paperback)

~ Mark Kortepeter (Author)

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Product Description

Will Denton, a former Army doctor, reluctantly assumes his father’s small town medical practice in the Adirondack Mountains while his father recuperates from a stroke. Small town medicine quickly becomes more challenging than he had anticipated when local children begin dying of a horrific disease. Panic grows as the epidemic spreads. Fearing that he and others may already be infected, Dr. Denton teams up with his father’s nurse and a former Army colleague from USAMRIID, the Army’s biological warfare defense labs. Together they race to investigate the cause and attempt to control the spread before the disease causes a global crisis.

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (October 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141374124X
• ISBN-13: 978-1413741247
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,932,463 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Andromeda Strain Redux, December 24, 2004

By	Biotech Maven (New York) - See all my reviews

A gripping, realistic tale of a mysterious viral outbreak in the era of 9/11...is it bioterrorism? A previously unknown virus from Africa? The author is clearly knowledgeable about the ins and outs of America's defenders against such an outbreak, and paints a scary yet believable story of what really COULD happen here...he even imagined black market vaccines selling for $100,000...and this was presumably written before the flu vaccine shortage. One hopes that if the real outbreak ever occurs there will be real-life doctors like Dr. Will Denton to recognize it and respond in time!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and educational premonition., January 21, 2005

By	overreaders anonymous (Houston) - See all my reviews

Stirring page turner is a refreshing break from the current 911 genre that descibes what mother nature can do on her own. Picked this up over the holidays and couldn't put it down. As a physician I was as excited as the novel's protagonist in piecing together the puzzle, and just as afraid of the implications of what he might find.
Like the previous reviewer, I found the vaccine issues prescient and had it not been for the real events w/ the flu vaccine I would have dismissed this as improbable. Makes me a bit wary of the as to how other events in the plot might unfold in real life.

Also paints a lovely picture of a part of the NE USA that is probably not well known in most of the country.

Captivating, educational, and foreboding.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate and chilling, June 13, 2005

By	Marky (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews

I love medical thrillers, and Biohazard 911 is a riveting tale of disease outbreak. Kortepeter is both entertaining and medically accurate. As he weaves his plot, he teaches his readers how to investigate and contain outbreaks. This book is well researched and relevant to current concerns about biological warfare. I look forward to a sequel!