{"product_id":"the-cobra-event-9780345409973","title":"The Cobra Event","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"One of those books you literally can't put down . . . makes \u003ci\u003eThe Hot Zone \u003c\/i\u003evirus--far away in a rainforest--look like no big deal.\"--\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFive days ago, a homeless man on a subway platform died in agony as startled commuters looked on. Yesterday, a teenager started having violent, uncontrollable spasms in art class. Within minutes, she too was dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Alice Austen is a medical pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. What she knows is that the two deaths are connected. What she fears is that they are only the beginning. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Manages to grab you with the authenticity of its scientific detective work and haunt you with its sheer plausibility.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Preston is the author of three nonfiction books, The Hot Zone (about the Ebola virus), American Steel (about a revolutionary steel mill), and First Light (about modern astronomy). He is a contributor to The New Yorker and has won numerous awards, including the McDermott Award in the Arts from MIT, the American Institute of Physics Award in science writing, and the Overseas Press Club of America Whitman Basso Award for best reporting in any medium on environmental issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Cobra Event is Richard Preston's first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917585781010,"sku":"9780345409973","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3370ecba-9f1d-454e-b507-81785637cbd2.jpg?v=1738868247","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cobra-event-9780345409973","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}