described in detail as well.
The story is expertly told with very credible medical descriptions
of this devastating epidemic. Characters believably come alive and
intrigue deepens with difficulty in finding a cure. One interesting
question continues to be asked, and that involves Dr. Danny Tilson
himself. Why and how has he been spared in contracting the deadly
disease when he has been so close to it? Joelle and her team come to
the rescue and with a stroke of luck and serendipity, they investigate
a cure from an unlikely source. The first ACE inhibitor was isolated
from the salivary glands of a snake, and one of the intravenous
platelet inhibitors was manufactured thanks to a substance in the
venom of another snake.
Dr. Ebel has produced a believable yet frightening scenario of
an epidemic. Will the teamwork of CDC, an astute special