White Plague
A Joe Rush Nove
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4.1 • 100 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In the frozen waters of the Arctic, Marine bioterror expert Joe Rush races to save a submarine crew from a lethal threat...
“The pleas for help stopped coming just after five in the morning, Washington time. The Pentagon staffers cleared for handling sensitive messages sat in horror for a moment and then tried other ways to reach the victims. Nothing worked so they called the Director, who phoned me.”
In the remote, frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, the high-powered and technically advanced submarine U.S.S. Montana is in peril. Adrift and in flames, the boat—and the entire crew—could be lost. The only team close enough to get to them in time is led by Marine doctor and bio-terror expert Joe Rush.
With only thirty-six hours before the surviving crew perish, Joe and his team must race to rescue the Montana and ensure that the boat doesn’t fall into enemy hands. Because a fast-approaching foreign submarine is already en route, and tensions may explode.
But that’s the least of their troubles. For the surviving sailors are not alone on the sub. Something is trapped with them. Something deadly lethal. Something that plagued mankind long ago, when it devastated the entire world. And the crew of the Montana has unknowingly set it free. Now, Joe and his team must not only find a way to save the Montana and her crew, but stop a lethal horror of apocalyptic consequence from being unleashed on all humanity.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The pseudonymous Abel makes his thriller debut with this well-written if unoriginal entry in the world-threatening deadly virus genre. Col. Joe Rush, doctor, war hero, and man with a dark secret, leads a team of Marines on a mission to save the U.S. nuclear submarine Montana, which is on fire and stranded in the Arctic Circle. Meanwhile, a mysterious disease has stricken the crew, and a Chinese submarine is headed to the scene, intent on stealing the sub's secrets. The familiar cast includes a love interest, several quirky experts, an officious government functionary, a best pal, and a spy who's always one step ahead of the team. Joe has been telling his superiors for years that "the next big outbreak of human disease might come from a cold climate, not a hot one," but, as usual with prescient heroes, no one believes him, so now the planet is about to pay the price. Abel piles plenty of trouble on Joe and his gang, but the outcome is never in doubt. The unusual Arctic location is a plus.
