Collision of Centuries
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Publisher Description
A vicious murder with a broadsword leaves a man dead at a remote and ancient castle in the Bavarian forests. Shortly thereafter, the bubonic plague—a hideous disease believed to be eliminated centuries ago, is detected in Bavaria, killing its victims. German police Kommissar Franz Waldbaer strongly suspects a link to the castle, but his investigation is impeded by the master of the castle, the arrogant Count von Wintelock. As Waldbaer painfully extracts information from the Count, more people die, and it becomes apparent that the deadly plague is spreading—and fast. Waldbaer and his team of international infectious disease specialists find themsleves on a collision course with a twisted genius who wants to plunge the world into the Dark Ages, leaving millions dead. To make matters worse, the killer has a terminal disease. With nothing to lose, he accelerates his efforts.
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Kommissar Franz Waldbaer of the Bavarian police gets on the trail of a bioterrorist in his suspenseful third outing (after 2012's Collision of Lies). When someone fatally strikes Andreas Pilcher, the man in charge of maintaining Count Rheinhold Graf von Winterloch's castle, Waldbaer is curious about the absence of blood around the corpse. A brief change of scene alerts the reader that something more than simple murder is going on. In a clinic in Madagascar, a doctor is collecting fleas carrying bubonic plague germs, planning to reengineer the disease to make it resistant to antibiotics. Waldbaer's probe is hampered by von Winterloch's lack of cooperation, which makes him suspect that the count knows more than he lets on. Three more deaths follow, and the autopsies reveal that some of the dead men were infected with a strain of the plague for which there's no cure. Le Beau effectively combines a scientific thriller and a whodunit.
