For Sale 1st UK Edition

1st Printing. 8vo over 7.75 - 9.75'' tall Nice Tight copy ! 300 pages. 8987

9.57 x 6.54 x 1.17 Nice Tight Clean copy ! 300 pages. 9151

0679457143 edge wear and some light soiling to dust jacket, light edge wear to boards; The Cobra Event is the story of a secret counter-terror operation. It is set in motion one spring morning in New York City when a seventeen-year-old student wakes up feeling vaguely ill. She seems to be coming down with a cold. Hours later she is having violent seizures, blood is pouring out of her nose, and she has begun a hideous process of self-cannibalization. Soon, other gruesome deaths of a similar nature have been discovered, and the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta sends a forensic pathologist. an expert in epidemiology, to investigate. What she finds precipitates a federal crisis. The details of this story are fictional, but they are based on a scrupulously thorough inquiry into the history of biological weapons and their use by civilian and military terrorists. ''The creation of advanced biological weapons using methods of genetic engineering and biotechnology is sometimes known as 'black biology,''' Richard Preston writes. The extent to which the products of black biology are available nearly everywhere in the world is shocking. Preston's sources for his story include members of the FBI and the United States military, public health officials, intelligence officers in foreign governments, and scientists who have been involved in the development and testing of strategic bioweapons. The stories of what they have seen and what they expect to happen and how they plan to deal with it are chilling.

Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled along edges, mostly at head of spine which is also lightly bumped. Penciling on bfep. :: Further Information: The true story of the battle to contain two of the most lethal viruses known to man, which are currently emerging from the African rainforest. The film OUTBREAK is based on the story of these viruses. 336pp. Index. Size: 8vo Medium (23 x 14cm Approx.) First Edition. Weighs 0.700 Kg. which exceeds standard rates. ::

Condition: Very Good. :: Further Information: No synopsis available. Size: A Format (111 x 175mm). 456pp. ::

Condition: Good - in Good DJ. Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled, several small nicks and slightly discoloured. Pages heavily age-tanned. :: Further Information: No synopsis available. 406pp. Weighs 0.600 Kg. which exceeds standard rates. ::

Soft Cover. Very Good -. . Non-fiction account of the Ebola outbreak in Africa 1967-1993. 5/9/2003 11/17/2005 5:08:16 AM 1