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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Having discovered a way to manipulate and enhance autistic savants as part of a plan to bio-engineer the world's next great prophet, a rogue group of Cold War scientists triggers an unexpectedly dangerous side effect in its young patients.
In Washington, D.C., a homeless man takes an assassin's bullet and dies in Commander Gray Pierce's arms. A bloody coin clutched in the dead man's hand -- an ancient relic that can be traced back to the Greek Oracle...
Author
Series
Luke Stone thriller volume 2
Publisher
Jack Mars
Language
English
Description
A biological agent is stolen from a biocontainment lab. Weaponized, it could kill millions, and a desperate national hunt ensues to catch the terrorists before it is too late. Luke Stone, head of an elite FBI department, with his own family still in jeopardy, has vowed to walk away-but when the new President, barely sworn in, calls him, he can't turn his back on her. ... A political thriller with non-stop action, dramatic international settings, unexpected...
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English
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America has a new weapon in the war on terror: "Fascinating characters... Masterful."—Steve Berry
They can strike anytime, anywhere. A public landmark. A suburban shopping mall. And now, the human body itself. Three Middle Eastern terrorists have been injected with a biological weapon, human time bombs unleashed on American soil. They are prepared to die. To spread their disease. To annihilate millions. If America...
They can strike anytime, anywhere. A public landmark. A suburban shopping mall. And now, the human body itself. Three Middle Eastern terrorists have been injected with a biological weapon, human time bombs unleashed on American soil. They are prepared to die. To spread their disease. To annihilate millions. If America...
4) Sea of greed
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English
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After an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of the United States to find out what's gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy field. Her goal is the end of the oil age. Her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is she an environmental...
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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This book explores how potential bio-threats and risks may evolve post 9/11 given the rapid changes in biotechnology and synthetic biology. It also explores what role intelligence communities can play in understanding threats and risks. It argues that although bio-threats and risks are largely low probability high impact in nature, intelligence in 'Five Eyes' countries remain insufficiently prepared to understand them. This book identifies key areas...
12) Review of the scientific approaches used during the FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax letters
Author
Publisher
National Academies Press (NAP)
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
14) Biological threats and terrorism: assessing the science and response capabilities : workshop summary
Publisher
National Academy Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Series
Clinics in occupational and environmental medicine volume 2, no. 2
Publisher
Saunders
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
17) Cold silence
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"While trying to alleviate the suffering of thousands in drought-stricken, war-torn Africa, ex-Marine doctor and bio-terror expert Joe Rush receives a plea for help from a member of his old military unit, currently working as a geologist in a chaotic region of Somalia. Joe arrives on the scene to find an entire group showing horrific symptoms of an ancient sickness once thought to be sent as punishment from heaven. But before Joe can get hard evidence...
18) When every moment counts: what you need to know about bioterrorism from the Senate's only doctor
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
