library binding
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1993 by Turtleback.
What if there was a virus so lethal, it could kill people as quickly as they took a breath? What if it spared some people from instant death…but drove them hopelessly insane instead? What if the softest acting, deadliest virus ever known to humankind could be spread by no more than a gust of wind—from the remote desert site of its first massacre to the busiest cities in America…and the world? What, if anything, could stop it?
There are no villains in this hot zone. Only the microscopic seeds of Earth’s extinction. It is stealthy, sudden, savage. And we are all susceptible to it… —back cover
Content warning Ending revealed
The plot and science is compelling 50+ years later. I found the ending unsatisfying: the organism evolved to be no threat to humans, on its own? Does that make all of their research pointless - the outcome for humanity would have been the same if Project Wildfire didn't exist? But I thoroughly enjoyed the book overall.
