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  1. Print length
    342 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2000
  5. Dimensions
    4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0812540387
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0812540383
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A rash of strokes among otherwise healthy black men transforms FBI Agent Robert Cavanaugh's otherwise boring post in Southern Maryland into a suddenly fascinating and dangerous job as he investigates. Reprint.

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Nancy Kress
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Nancy Kress is the author of thirty-four books, including twenty-six novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. She writes frequently about genetic engineering; including the acclaimed science-fiction novel Beggars in Spain. Kress’s fiction has been translated into Swedish, Danish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Croatian, Chinese, Lithuanian, Romanian, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Russian, and Klingon, none of which she can read. In addition to writing, Kress often teaches at various venues around the country and abroad, including a visiting lectureship at the University of Leipzig, a 2017 writing class in Beijing, and the annual intensive workshop TaosToolbox. Kress lives in Seattle with her husband, writer Jack Skillingstead, and Pippin, the world’s most spoiled Chihuahua.

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Sylvia Wadlington
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2016
Stinger by Nancy Kress is a book I immensely enjoyed because it was so well done. A genocide mystery populated with a great cast of characters in believable circumstances. The mix of their personal and professional lives adds to the story’s suspense instead of just being... See more
Stinger by Nancy Kress is a book I immensely enjoyed because it was so well done. A genocide mystery populated with a great cast of characters in believable circumstances. The mix of their personal and professional lives adds to the story’s suspense instead of just being a distraction between action sequences. Kress also has a smooth style of writing so the story always flows well in the fast parts and the slow passages too. The characters are well developed and very diverse and so is the basic plot. To add to the enjoyment the reader also becomes well versed in malaria and the works of the CDC. For the novice writer, especially in science fiction, this is an excellent work to study for style.
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Lupus
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It kept me turning the pages...
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2013
This is my first reading of a Nancy Kress novel. And I'm not into biotech stories, because they often have too much scientific babble to suit my taste. Mind you, I've been a subscriber to Scientific American for years, but when I read a work of fiction, I'm mostly... See more
This is my first reading of a Nancy Kress novel. And I'm not into biotech stories, because they often have too much scientific babble to suit my taste. Mind you, I've been a subscriber to Scientific American for years, but when I read a work of fiction, I'm mostly interested in the story and it's progress, as well as some character development, not detailed scientific explanations. Anyway, the book was entertaining and I would guess that Ms. Kress did a lot of research to get her factual foundation correct. I did, however, find fault with Melanie - too angry, as has been noted by others - and I really found it hard, at times, to identify with Robert Cavanaugh, the FBI character who was the protagonist. I felt he needed a good kick. He was afraid to make a commitment to his lover, Judy, and he kept reminding her he didn't think of her as his first wife, yet in the middle of the book he finds himself in the house of his ex, and he got sexually aroused by the sight of her in a braless garment that got wet, and he wound up in bed with her; and on the basis of that roll in the sack, he's in love with his ex again and he says good-bye to his lover, Judy. This seemed to be behavior more typical of a horny teen-ager than a man in his 30s. I myself was divorced and never felt tempted to hop into bed with my ex, though we parted on friendly enough terms.

Well, if it wasn't for these shortcomings, or so I would call them, I would have given the book a 5-star review. Ms. Kress knows her craft, but how did she dream up such annoying characters? It was a surprise ending, and perhaps she's noted for that. Anyway, if you can tolerate the personal foibles of Melanie and Robert, I'm sure you'll enjoy the story,
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Jennifer Juday
3.0 out of 5 stars
Solid, satisfying thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2005
STINGER is a solid, satisfying read. It kept me pleasantly diverted during a long morning waiting for my car to be fixed. Like many good thrillers, the plot and the characters are somewhat familiar but with a few unique elements of their own. The two key... See more
STINGER is a solid, satisfying read. It kept me pleasantly diverted during a long morning waiting for my car to be fixed.

Like many good thrillers, the plot and the characters are somewhat familiar but with a few unique elements of their own. The two key characters are Cavanaugh, an FBI agent who is a bit of a rogue and a closet idealist, and Melanie, a black female doctor. STINGER follows their search for the source of an epidemic of strokes among black people. They make an unlikely but ultimately effective pair of buddies.

STINGER is not great literature, nor even the best thriller I have ever read, but it is very good. If you want solid thrills and a plot that keeps you wondering until the very end, this is a good pick.
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A. Wolverton
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Fast-Paced Thrill Ride with Great Characters
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2002
Nancy Kress has taken a bold step. She's an award-winning science fiction writer who is universally recognized as one of the best in the genre. With `Oaths and Miracles' and now with `Stinger,' she has proven that she can stand toe-to-toe with the best of the... See more
Nancy Kress has taken a bold step. She's an award-winning science fiction writer who is universally recognized as one of the best in the genre. With `Oaths and Miracles' and now with `Stinger,' she has proven that she can stand toe-to-toe with the best of the thriller/suspense writers as well.
`Stinger' begins with Senator Malcolm Peter Reading, a presidential hopeful, collapsing during a speech. Reading, an African-American, dies in a matter of minutes. It is discovered that he had contracted malaria. Others quickly begin dying of malaria. Nearly all of them are African-American. Then the epidemic begins.
FBI agent Robert Cavanaugh and Dr. Melanie Anderson of the Centers for Disease Control quickly discover that the deaths are not accidents. Someone...or some country...has reintroduced malaria into America. The cards appear to be stacked against them: they have few clues and little time. To complicate matters, both Cavanaugh and Anderson are faced with personal and professional crises just as an answer is beginning to develop.
I have always appreciated two things about the writing of Nancy Kress: fascinating characters and scientific ideas a clod like me can understand. Cavanaugh acts exactly the way we think an FBI agent should - logical, methodical thinking, going through the proper steps at the proper time, etc, but Kress shows us that while the agent has everything together on the job, that doesn't necessarily mean every aspect of his life is in order. Melanie Anderson is an African-American woman who is mad as hell at what is happening. She's not perfect, yet we identify with her, hurt for her, and cheer for her. Two great characters.
`Stinger' is a great thrill-ride all the way to the very last page, but it is also chilling in another aspect. Although this book was published in 1998, it has some frightening parallels to the events surrounding Sept. 11. A real page-turner...and a real eye opener.
303 fast-moving pages
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ThrillerVisions
4.0 out of 5 stars
Black Americans Being Wiped Out ?
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2000
Maryland, USA. Are we dealing with an attempt to wipe out the black population by a biological weapon? Dr. Melanie Anderson of CDC thinks so. Malaria reading, named after Malcolm Peter Reading, a black Senator from Pennsylvania and a presidential hopeful, who died after... See more
Maryland, USA. Are we dealing with an attempt to wipe out the black population by a biological weapon? Dr. Melanie Anderson of CDC thinks so. Malaria reading, named after Malcolm Peter Reading, a black Senator from Pennsylvania and a presidential hopeful, who died after suffering a stroke in the middle of his speech, continues to spread rapidly. What made Dr. Anderson so sure about the genocide attempt is that the disease seems to attack only t hose with sickle-cell trait, a predominantly black population.
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shawn
5.0 out of 5 stars
enthralling book by nancy kress
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2000
i bought this book because i once read a short story by nancy kress that was very good, it was a part of SCI-FI collection edited by the great assimov, i remember that he was very impressed of her - anyway i was impressed also. nancy kress is considered to be a SCI... See more
i bought this book because i once read a short story by nancy kress that was very good, it was a part of SCI-FI collection edited by the great assimov, i remember that he was very impressed of her - anyway i was impressed also.
nancy kress is considered to be a SCI FI writer, although this book puts her in chris carter or michel krighton ganere of "modern time SCI FI" - a plot that take place in our time but includes basic SCI FI features, plus the conspiracy factor, which put it much closer to the "X - FILES" stories genre.
the book it self is very enthralling, the plot is about tew main characters : the first is a white FBI agent, that was "frown to the doggs" and is career and personal life are going nowhere, who finds himself in the midle of investigation about a suspect for using biological human-made weapon against black americans.
the second is a black female epidomologist doctor from the DCC in atlanta who is called to check the epidemic, as a black she suspect that it's not an ordinary disease, and let her fillings take over her.
both characters find themselfs removed from the investigation. they teams up together, each from is own motives, to try to solve the puzzle : who did the crime, is the goverment responsible for this ? or the ku klas kan ? or other racist groups, and is this a conspiracy againts black people ? and was it a crime at all ?
all this answers are being solved in the end by this tow, plus some of the other problems they were having in their personal life.
for conclusion very good book, that is written in much more reliable way then all SCI FI's stories.
the characters themselfs are interesting and are reliable. the story is very interesting, and i think that those who liked the X-FILES or michael krighton books won't be dissapointed.
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Gunfighter
3.0 out of 5 stars
Competent, but not great
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2000
Ms. Kress turns out a competent work of mystery here. The story is good, and we don't find out "whodunit" until the very end. My only complaint is that the characters were a bit cliche. Dr. Melanie Anderson was just about the angriest character I have ever... See more
Ms. Kress turns out a competent work of mystery here. The story is good, and we don't find out "whodunit" until the very end. My only complaint is that the characters were a bit cliche. Dr. Melanie Anderson was just about the angriest character I have ever seen. In my own humble opinion, I don't see how she could possibly have risen to a position of responsibility within the CDC with some of the know-nothing convictions she holds. Agent Cavanaugh is the quintessential "man afraid of commitment"
Read this book and be entertained for a few hours.
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