The Demon In The Freezer

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing Ltd
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2002
Edition: Reprint

Description: 310 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. Soon After 9/11, The Western World Was Suddenly Faced With The Reality Of An Even Greater Threat: Bioterrorism. The Deadly Anthrax Attacks Of October 2001 Focused Attention On 'hot' Agents And On The Scientists Working To Protect Civilians Against Biological Weapons.

Publishers Description: In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in the USA, the western world had to deal with a new threat: bioterrorism. In October 2001, a series of anthrax attacks through the postal system caused chaos and fear. But there was a far greater danger that had government security advisers around the world even more alarmed: smallpox. In his terrifying account of what happened, and what could still happen, Richard Preston reveals the true horror faced by victims of smallpox, raises serious questions about what happened to the smallpox viruses that were kept in storage after the disease was eradicated in 1979, and shows just how easy it would be to create new strains of smallpox that would be able to overcome any vaccination, leaving the population defenceless.

ISBN: 9780755312184