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While a pair of charismatic CDC researchers and their team search frantically for the cure of a wildly contagious virus that kills within four days, a married couple and their children, seeking safety, flee to an isolated mountain cabin, not knowing that they are heading to the source.
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NERDS volume 4
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English
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When a virus infects Arlington, Virginia, home of NERDS headquarters, transforming victims into criminal masterminds, it is up to Flinch to stop its spread by miniaturizing himself and entering the head of the Villain Virus's creator, Heathcliff Hodges.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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¿Qué son los virus? ¿Cómo se originaron? ¿Cómo es la vida de un virus dentro de una célula? ¿Cómo aparecen los nuevos virus de la gripe? ¿Por qué es tan difícil curar el sida? ¿El ébola acabará siendo una pandemia? ¿Cómo influyeron los virus en la construcción del canal de Panamá o en la conquista de América? ¿Qué son los arbovirus? ¿Se puede «revivir» un virus congelado en el permafrost? ¿El bioterrorismo es solo una fantasía...
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Eric Steele novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Special Operative Eric Steele battles a renegade group of bioterrorists armed with a devastating virus in the fourth pulse-pounding military thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon"--
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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In the wake of a devastating plague, two communities emerge as bastions of survival. One is called the City, and its people scrabble for scraps in the wasteland. The other, New Charity, enjoys the bounty of its hydroelectric dam and refuses City denizens so much as a drop of precious water. When City-dweller Cressyda inherits her fathers ranch within New Charity, she becomes intent on opening the dam to all no matter the cost. But when Syd reunites...
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Omega days volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Survivors fleeing the zombie infestation of "Omega Days"seek food, electricity, and safety on the aircraft carrier USS" Nimitz"in Campbell's somber sequel. Medical student, Navy Reserve petty officer, and former stripper Rosa Escobedo joins heroic priest Xavier Church in leading the group. The reappearances of such depraved characters as ex-cons TC and Carney and sadistic former TV evangelist Peter Dunleavy illustrate the abyss of evil at work, even...
8) Lock in
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Lock in novels volume 1
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English
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"Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four percent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselves "locked in"--fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. One per cent doesn't seem like a lot. But in the United States, that's 1.7 million people "locked in"...including the President's...
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Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume Prequel
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Trisk and her hated rival Kal have the same goal: save their species from extinction. But death comes in the guise of hope when a genetically modified tomato created to feed the world combines with the government's new tactical virus, giving it an unexpected host and a mode of transport. Plague rises, giving the paranormal species the choice to stay hidden and allow humanity to die, or to show themselves in a bid to save them. Under accusations of...
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[2022]
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English
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"An engrossing family history of coronaviruses and the modern-day scientific quest to conquer viral epidemics forever. The urgency of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has fixed humanity's gaze on the present crisis. But the story of this pandemic extends far further back than many realize. In this engrossing narrative, epidemiologist Dan Werb traces the rising threat of the coronavirus family and the attempts by a small group of scientists who worked...
15) Immunity index
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Sue Burke, author of Semiosis and Interference, gives readers a new near-future, hard science fiction novel. Immunity Index blends Orphan Black with Contagion in a terrifying outbreak scenario. In a US facing growing food shortages, stark inequality, and a growing fascist government, three perfectly normal young women are about to find out that they share a great deal in common. Their creator, the gifted geneticist Peng, made them that way-before...
16) Maze master
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2018.
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English
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LucentB is a retrovirus that's inevitable, unstoppable, and utterly catastrophic for humanity. The US government believes the only person who can find the cure is the geneticist who tried to warn them about it and then disappeared: James Hakari. They assign the task of finding him to his former student Anna Asher, who in turn recruits paleographer and religious studies scholar Dr. Martin Nadai. The brilliant but insane geneticist is leaving clues...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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COVID-19 took everyone in the world by surprise. I mean, what exactly is it? How does it spread? What is a virus and are there others out there that we don't know about? Paul Ian Cross answers these questions, and more in this illustrated book filled with facts about what we know and don't know.
18) The violence
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A mysterious plague that causes random bouts of violence is sweeping the nation. Chelsea Martin appears to be the perfect housewife: married to her high school sweetheart, the mother of two daughters, keeper of an immaculate home. But Chelsea's husband has turned their house into a prison; he has been abusing her for years, cutting off her independence, autonomy, and support. She has nowhere to turn, not even to her narcissistic mother, Patricia,...
19) Monster
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Series
Gone novels volume 7
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When new meteorite strikes introduce an alien virus, humans develop unique superpowers that trigger a battle between teen hero defenders and supermonsters.
20) The Kill order
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Series
Maze runner trilogy volume Prequel
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English
Description
"Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to disease. Mark and Trina were there when it happened, and they survived. But surviving the sun flares was easy compared to what came next. Now a disease of rage and lunacy races across the eastern United States, and there's something suspicious about its origin. Worse yet, it's mutating, and all evidence suggests that...
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