{"product_id":"the-plague-tales-9780440225102","title":"The Plague Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Part historical novel, part futuristic adventure . . . chock full of curious lore and considerable suspense.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is history's most feared disease. It turned neighbor against neighbor, the civilized into the savage, and the living into the dead. Now, in a spellbinding novel of adventure and science, romance and terror, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium--the invisible seeds of a new bubonic plague. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the year 1348, a disgraced Spanish physician crosses a landscape of horrors to Avignon, France. There, he will be sent on an impossible mission to England, to save the royal family from the Black Death. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nearly seven hundred years later, a woman scientist digs up a clod of earth in London. In a world where medicine is tightly controlled, she will unearth a terror lying dormant for centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the primitive cures of the Middle Ages to the biological police state of our near future, \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Tales\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling race against time and mass destruction. For in 2005, humankind's last hope for survival can come only from one place: out of a dark and tortured past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Benson reveals a formidable talent as she blends historical fiction with a near-future bio-thriller.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Harrowing . . . Will give readers both nightmares and thrills . . . A carefully woven page-turner from which . . . Robin Cook and Michael Crichton could learn.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A hard-to-put-down thriller steeped in historical fiction and bio-tech sci-fi.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMiddlesex News\u003c\/i\u003e (Mass.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780440225102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.91h x 4.30w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e29346 \/ Plague Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.9 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ann Benson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107751620789,"sku":"9780440225102","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_421da2ee-354f-4001-a7a9-a034e7fb815f.jpg?v=1765862146","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-plague-tales-9780440225102","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}