Germ

Written by Robert Liparulo

Narrated by Bob Michaels

If you breathe . . . It will find you.

The list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen--but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.

The germ--an advanced form of the Ebola virus--has been genetically engineered to infect only those people whose DNA matches the codes embedded within it. Those whose DNA is not a match simply catch a cold. But those who are a match experience a far worse fate. Within days, their internal organs liquify.

Death is the only escape.

The release of the virus will usher in a new era of power where countries are left without defense. Where a single person--or millions--could be killed with perfect accuracy and zero collateral damage. Where your own DNA works against you.

The time isn't coming. It is now. Pray the assassins get you first.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Jan 21, 2012
• ISBN: 9781418591458

Reviews for Germ

[bluiee · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Entertaining but kinda stupid. Annoying music between chapters. Reader was good.

[lonnieb_10 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a high-octane read! It was not at all what I expected but I loved it. I haveshared this book with my friends and they love it as well. It is about germ warfare but mostly a thrilling read. I highly recommend it!!

[bhowell_35 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I gave this book a 5 because it did exactly what it was supposed to do--provide a thriller that keeps the heart stopping action going from beginning to end. It entertains and is the ultimate escapist read. It is not literature but that is not the point. This book is as good as watching a movie. It's language conveys a picture of every thought and movement of it's actors. Highly recommended.

[arsmith_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

well, when i read the back i thought it might be interesting in a zombie novel sort of way. turns out it's a complete thriller with no psychological or sociological factors at all. it's like reading die hard. since watching action movies aren't typically my thing, neither is reading them. i think i should get an A for effort though for making it half way through. or then again, maybe i was just lazy about picking out a new book...

[fingerpost_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Top notch thriller. I bought it expecting a medical thriller a la Robin Cook, but got something so much better. Liparulo knows how to keep you going. All plot elements in place. A devout Christian, he tells the story without even mild profanity, yet all characters work that way. The slight Christian message is not heavy handed and does not detract from the story. A mad scientist has figured out how to splice DNA with the Ebola Virus, so that it can target specific individuals. The unlikely team of a CDC/FBI agent, a renouned surgeon, and the doctor's brother, a pastor, work to figure out and defeat the scientist, while being pursued by an amazingly wicked assasin.