The Eleventh Plague - hardback new book

What if the ten plagues predicted by Moses in the Book of Exodus were coming true in America today?  And, what if these were not acts of God but the brilliantly fiendish creations of an evil genius?

In this galvanizing novel of medical terror, death stalks the land, and the only hope of preventing a cataclysm beyond biblical proportions lies with one maverick virologist who is himself in danger of becoming either a suspect or a victim.

In present-day Southern California, two children die of a disease thought to be nonexistent in the United States.  Within hours, thoroughbreds at the legendary Churchill Downs are dying of a virus that cannot be identified, even by the most expert veterinarians. Called in to help solve these lethal mysteries, noted virologist Jack Bryne discovers the two events are not only connected, they are deliberate acts of bioterrorism. 

When it occurs to him that the deaths bear uncanny similarities to the Fifth and Sixth Plagues described in the Book of Exodus, Bryne is convinced he’s uncovered a growing progression of horrors.  He’s right, and every month another monstrosity claims its victims. Every month brings the reenactment of another more catastrophic plague.

Soon Bryne's own worldwide medical computer network, ProMED, is invaded by the power behind the horrors, teasing him, challenging him – morbidly brilliant serial killer with a dangerously sophisticated knowledge of toxins and an obsession with a with biblical retribution. Bryne, himself now considered a suspect by the FBI, must convinced the Bureau of his innocence and joins forces with his brilliant lab assistance, a TV newswoman, and a young Orthodox Jewish religious scholar – to track down the maniac and stop in him time. 

But even Bryne cannot predict how close the killer is until he meets this modern medical Moriarity on a midnight confrontation that will determine the future of New York City, and even the world!

   Written by one of the country’s most respected public health figures, and a novelist with a genius for the macabre, The Eleventh Plague is scientifically prescient and utterly compelling.  It’s a premier thriller the millennium – bound to leave you with the disturbing realization that the real terror begins once the last page has been turned.

Details: This is a new hardback book with cover.  I purchased it about 5 years ago but never read it. It's been sitting on one of my bookshelves.  I ended up re-purchasing it at a library sale.  You are getting the new book, never read.

The story itself was a true thriller! I learned a lot, and this story is something that could happen. It’s one of those books that you read and won’t forget about for a long, long time.

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