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Black Monday: A Novel
Black Monday: A Novel
Black Monday: A Novel
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Black Monday: A Novel

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A plague that will cause the death of millions. A plague that will destroy countries. A plague that will plunge the world into a dark age. A plague that will make nobody sick...

When the first planes go down -- in Europe, in California, in Asia -- authorities blame terrorists. All flights are grounded as world leaders try to figure out how the global assault has been coordinated. And when cars, ships, and factories stop running too, it becomes clear that the common link is oil. Somehow a microbe, genetically engineered to destroy petroleum, has infected the world supply. The world descends into a new dark age.

Dr. Gregory Gillette, an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control, is a disease hunter specializing in microbes that attack human beings. When the Pentagon taps him to be part of the Rapid Response Team assembled to track and kill the devastating Delta-3 bacteria, he quickly discovers that his expertise is ignored, his presence meaningless. The leader of the task force is an old nemesis who sidelines Gillette.

Gillette returns home to Washington, where he watches in horror as food becomes scarce, neighbor attacks neighbor, and government collapses. With winter approaching, the capital faces anarchy and Gillette faces a choice: to stay with his family or to disobey orders and find the microbes' antidote through clues that may not even be real.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 13, 2007
ISBN9781416549888
Black Monday: A Novel
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Bob Reiss

R. Scott Reiss lives in New York. The film rights to Black Monday have been optioned by Paramount Pictures.

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    Starts slowly but gets increasingly better as it goes on. I sensed strong American patriot undertones however the book is redeemed by its realistic portrayal of an oil crisis and its decent and engaging storyline. 3.5 stars.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Several elements combine to make a hold on by the seat of your pants story: a oil eating microbe that disables everything that runs on oil, a scientist determined to find the antidote to this microbe, a hired assassin ready to target this scientist and his family, and a neighborhood that must fight for it's survival as the world plunges into chaos around them. The scenario Reiss paints of a world without oil driven machines is truly frightening, though I doubt things would fall apart as quickly as he depicted them doing so in the book. The best part was the way he showed neighbors banding together to make it through the tough times--it made me wish we had such strong neighborhood bonds all the time. It's far fetched and highly improbable--but it makes for one exciting story.

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