The Cobra Event

"One of those books you literally can't put down . . . makes The Hot Zone virus--far away in a rainforest--look like no big deal."--Detroit Free Press

Five days ago, a homeless man on a subway platform died in agony as startled commuters looked on. Yesterday, a teenager started having violent, uncontrollable spasms in art class. Within minutes, she too was dead.

Dr. Alice Austen is a medical pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. What she knows is that the two deaths are connected. What she fears is that they are only the beginning. . . .

"Manages to grab you with the authenticity of its scientific detective work and haunt you with its sheer plausibility."--Entertainment Weekly

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 08/29/1998
ISBN: 9780345409973
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 6.91h x 4.20w x 1.14d

Review Citations: ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 01/01/1999 pg. 1317

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 29347 / Cobra Event
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18