SniperBait
04-04-2007, 03:30 AM
Just finished the Audio CD version. This book was written by R. Scott Reiss. But I suspect! This is just a pen name for one of you guys. ;)
Here is the book jacket description:
The pseudonymous Reiss, in his unsettling debut, depicts a truly frightening scenario: a deadly microbe contaminates the world oil supply, effectively shutting down all cars, planes and machines—anything driven by oil. Food supplies and electricity run out. Police have no way to patrol the streets. Gangs and marauders seize control in the world capitals. Scrambling to find not only a solution to the problem but who's behind it is Greg Gillette, an epidemiologist for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As Gillette furiously tracks the microbe from the Nevada desert to rural Massachusetts, experts predict total chaos will soon sweep Earth. Lost in the maelstrom, however, is a full explanation of how the microbe works and the motive behind the calamity. Still, Reiss, a Hollywood screenwriter, has created a true page-turner of pell-mell action and momentum, already in production as a movie produced by Tom Jacobson. (Feb.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Not to be a spoiler, or anything. This scenario is not far fetched. The oil companies introduce microbes into the wells to protect equipment from corrosion. This one got out of control.
The survival situation is modeled in the "fortified suburban block" mentality. Action is fast, measured against a 50 day "point of no return". There are SCV (Starving City Vermin) everywhere, plus food riots and cross country "bug outs".
Once again another book that I thought about before going to sleep and again when I woke up in the morning.
Read or listen to this one before the movie comes out. You will be a "Patriot" if you do:eek:
Here is the book jacket description:
The pseudonymous Reiss, in his unsettling debut, depicts a truly frightening scenario: a deadly microbe contaminates the world oil supply, effectively shutting down all cars, planes and machines—anything driven by oil. Food supplies and electricity run out. Police have no way to patrol the streets. Gangs and marauders seize control in the world capitals. Scrambling to find not only a solution to the problem but who's behind it is Greg Gillette, an epidemiologist for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As Gillette furiously tracks the microbe from the Nevada desert to rural Massachusetts, experts predict total chaos will soon sweep Earth. Lost in the maelstrom, however, is a full explanation of how the microbe works and the motive behind the calamity. Still, Reiss, a Hollywood screenwriter, has created a true page-turner of pell-mell action and momentum, already in production as a movie produced by Tom Jacobson. (Feb.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Not to be a spoiler, or anything. This scenario is not far fetched. The oil companies introduce microbes into the wells to protect equipment from corrosion. This one got out of control.
The survival situation is modeled in the "fortified suburban block" mentality. Action is fast, measured against a 50 day "point of no return". There are SCV (Starving City Vermin) everywhere, plus food riots and cross country "bug outs".
Once again another book that I thought about before going to sleep and again when I woke up in the morning.
Read or listen to this one before the movie comes out. You will be a "Patriot" if you do:eek: