The Cobra Event, (Paperback)

from JBreedlove

An uneven but good read. The background to bio warfare was great but I was as lost as the characters were in the subway system at the end of the book.

from BookConcierge

It begins when a New York City teenager has a seizure in class and dies shortly after. CDC scientist Alice Austen is dispatched to observe the autopsy and try to determine if this is an infectious ...

from tess_schoolmarm

[The Cobra Event] by [Richard Preston] told the very plausible story about a biological disease weapon being released by a terrorist. It went into detail about the disease (very interesting) and th...

from nobooksnolife

After reading The Hot Zone (non-fiction) and being scared, better-informed, with a lot to think about concerning the world of deadly viruses, The Cobra Event (fiction) struck me as less potent. One...

from Spiceca

I found the premise really good. However, I would have preferred less of the droll background information. I struggled through those pages. The actual story was good although the end did seem a lit...