Germ

Name: Germ
Brand: Harper Christian
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Liparulo
ISBN: 9781418591458

Author: Robert Liparulo

Narrator: Bob Michaels

Abridged: 5 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 01/21/2012

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

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.

About Robert Liparulo

Robert Liparulo’s debut novel, Comes a Horseman, is being made into a major motion picture by producer Mace Neufeld and his short story “Kill Zone” is included in the anthology Thriller, edited by James Patterson. Robert lives in Colorado with his wife, Jodi, and their four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on December 07, 2011

This book was extremely disappointing. I picked up this book expecting a bioterrorism sort of book, which is definitely not what I got. This book is very Hollywood with constant over the top action scenes constantly littering almost every page. Now I love action books and movies more than most so it......more

Goodreads review by Mitchel on January 13, 2010

If you really really really want to read this book, you may consider some of the following spoilers. But i really dont think anything in this book could surprise a 9 year old, just warning. This is one of those cases where the description of the book really fools you, and not really in a good way.......more

Goodreads review by Jan on July 04, 2022

The book starts out with three facts. First, since 1962, all Industrialized nations routinely administer the Gutherie test to the newborns. In the test, a blood sample is drawn from the baby’s heel to check for certain genetic diseases. Then most of these cards, with their blood spots, are stored an......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 24, 2018

_Germ_ by Robert Liparulo is a good, solid thriller, one that was a true page-turner, a gripping novel that I read in just a few days. Essentially, the book is one long chase, one in which the protagonists are both trying to solve a mystery while staying ahead of an assassin on their heels (and avoi......more

Goodreads review by Keiki on May 31, 2009

"If you breathe, it will find you". Robert Liparulo's sophomore novel "Germ" grabs your attention from Chapter One. The non-stop action begins by a statement of facts regarding Dr. Robert Guthrie, a microbiologist, and his development of the Guthrie Test, a medical test performed on newborn infants t......more