The Gemini Virus, Wil Mara
The Gemini Virus, Wil Mara
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The Gemini Virus

Author: Wil Mara

Narrator: Wil Mara

Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/02/2012


Synopsis

This science-based thriller from Wil Mara will chill you to your core
Bob Easton thinks he has a cold. Before he dies in agony, four days later, he infects dozens of people. Local health agencies become quickly overwhelmed by the sick and dying and beg the CDC for help. Dr. Michael Beck and Cara Porter, a member of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, race to identify the deadly bug. They can't cure it until they know what it is.

Dennis and Andi Jensen and their children are terrified. Schools and offices close. Fresh food disappears from store shelves. Three of their children's friends die. Their neighbors are dying or running away, fleeing the unstoppable infection. Desperate, the Jensens join the exodus, making a nightmarish journey to their isolated mountain cabin along empty roads, through abandoned towns, past looted shopping malls.

The superbug—and the panic—quickly spreads beyond America's borders. On a packed plane, someone coughs—and at their destination, the pilots are told, "you can't land here." US military bases are quarantined. Yet the virus continues to spread. Some believe the plague is man-made. Others see it as a sign of the end times.

In the lab, Cara Porter makes a potentially fatal mistake. In the mountains, Andi Jensen tells her husband that she doesn't feel well.

The world is running out of time.

"Irwin Allen's disaster films meet Stephen King's The Stand. A scary notion."—Booklist
"A chilling and horrific outbreak story. If you're a fan of Outbreak, The Hot Zone, and Contagion (the movie), you'll love Gemini Virus."—No More Grumpy Bookseller

About Wil Mara

Wil Mara is the author of more than seventy books for adults and young readers, including Wave, which won the New Jersey National Book Award. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Taylor

This book started off really cool but around page 100, I was super bored. The author used the real names of President Obama and other cabinet members and that was really when I lost my interest. I wasn't convinced with the concept and I didn't buy the symptoms of the "Gemini Virus". And I really cou......more

Prima parte da quattro-cinque stelle, soprattutto le scene orrorifiche durante la prima fase del contagio e quelle che tanto ricordano l'attuale emergenza da Coronavirus. Purtroppo personaggi non proprio memorabili ed il finale ridicolo (view spoiler)[con il tizio che entra ed esce tranquillamente dal laboratorio s (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Irvin

What a phenomenal book.......more

Goodreads review by Claire

I think I’ve settled on a 2.5 rating for this book. The Good: • The beginning hooked me SO HARD. It was gruesome and horrible and I was excited to get to know the scientists who were going to have to work on this awful virus. • I actually enjoyed the pacing here. I felt that the different POV scenes......more

Goodreads review by Rambo

This book is f*cking disgusting. I love it!! I'll never get this visual out of my head (non-plot spoiler, this is my summation of the scene, not copied from the book): A woman hung herself from the ceiling fan, killing herself to end the torture of the virus. She never turned the fan off, leaving you......more


Quotes

The Gemini Virus is a terrifying tale of a mysterious lethal outbreak that starts in a small-town community and quickly goes global. It pits the nightmare virus against a talented team from the CDC as well as an assemblage of less-visible scientists and health care professionals. Thank your lucky stars the scenario is fictional!” —Dr. Elinor Levy, Immunologist, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, and author of The New Killer Diseases

“Wil Mara has created a credible and chilling scenario and placed it in a fast-paced and immensely entertaining story. Thrilling and eerie. Once you open the front cover, you will not be able to put it down.” —Dr. Martinez J. Hewlett, coauthor of Basic Virology

The Gemini Virus rocks its genre, setting a new standard for public fear. Wil took a familiar theme--a deadly pandemic--and crafted it into a tense and very exciting story. I've been a sci fi fan all my life, and this is, by far, one of the best doomsday books I've ever read. A taut thriller that grabbed me from page one.” —Robbie Dupree, Grammy–nominated singer and songwriter

“This is a fast-paced, nail-biting treat for the reader... An exciting but frightening glimpse of an all-too-plausible scenario. Read it at your own risk.” —Home News Tribune on Wave