Reviewed By: Jeff Kreider - RAM
The Medusa Strain
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Chris Holmes
Class/Genre: Mystery Bio Terrorism
Chris Holmes' first novel, THE MEDUSA STRAIN is a deftly crafted
bioterrorism medical thriller. A mid-eastern organization has come
up with a way to create a contagious form of Anthrax. Through
recombinant DNA techniques, a flu virus is created that carries
Anthrax spores. Six "suicide" hosts are infected with this virus
and sent to six different major cities in the US and "mingle" until
they receive their specific orders. They don't know this part of
the mission. They don't know their "mission" will not be forth
coming. They don't know they are already on it. While they mix at
various tourist sites, they are propagating this disease and will
soon die, never knowing what their mission was or that they
completed it.
A fascinating premise and, as the note in the afterward says, all too possible. Chris is a physician, epidemiologist, and retired military. He has spent much of his career investigating epidemics of all kinds. This fiction, which is not so far fetched, is a riveting eye-opener. I am really becoming fascinated by medical thrillers. Chris Holmes is going to be added in with the likes of Michael Crichton, Tess Gerritsen, Robin Cook and Robert Greer on my shelves.
Jeff Kreider - RAM
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