The Deep Zone: a Novel (with Bonus Short Story Lethal Expedition) |
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Author:
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Series title: | Hallie Leland Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-345-53062-2 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Ballantine Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $7.99 |
Book Description:
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"Deep-earth adventure, scintillating science, and cutthroat intrigue collide with thrilling results that left me breathless and awed. . . . Truly impressive."--James Rollins Burned by her own government in a trumped-up scandal, brilliant microbiologist Hallie Leland swore she'd never return to the world of cutting-edge science and dangerous secrets. But a shocking summons from the White House changes all that. A mysterious epidemic is killing American soldiers in...
More Description "Deep-earth adventure, scintillating science, and cutthroat intrigue collide with thrilling results that left me breathless and awed. . . . Truly impressive."--James Rollins
Burned by her own government in a trumped-up scandal, brilliant microbiologist Hallie Leland swore she'd never return to the world of cutting-edge science and dangerous secrets. But a shocking summons from the White House changes all that. A mysterious epidemic is killing American soldiers in Afghanistan--and poised for outbreak in the United States and beyond. Without the ultrarare organism needed to create an antidote, millions will die. Hallie knows more about "Moonmilk" than anyone--but it can be found only at the bottom of the deepest cave on Earth. To get there, she and her team of experts must brave a forbidding Mexican jungle crawling with drug cartels, federales, and murderous locals. And in the supercave await far greater terrors: flooded tunnels, acid lakes, bottomless chasms, mind-warping blackness--and a cunning assassin with orders to make the mission a journey of no return.
"Just like the perilous cave that serves as its backdrop, this story is dark and terrifying--but with a light at its end. The book should come shrink-wrapped with a seat belt."--Steve Berry
"Bringsnbsp; a new meaning to 'frightening.'"--The Star-Ledger
Don't miss James M. Tabor's short story "Lethal Expedition" and a sneak peek of his new novel, Frozen Solid, in the back of the book.nbsp;