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Outbreak

Robin Cook · 340 pages

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The Deep Zone

James M. Tabor · 418 pages

A brilliant and beautiful scientist and a mysterious special ops soldier must lead a team deep into the Earth on a desperate hunt for the cure to a deadly epidemic.

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Unnatural Exposure

Patricia Cornwell · 367 pages

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is newly returned from Dublin, where she was called in to examine the remains of a murder victim whose limbs and head were expertly severed - a signature of a cunning serial killer on the loose again after an eight-year sabbatical - when the same killer apparently strikes again, this time much closer to home. After Scarpetta investigates the murder scene, the killer boldly con

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Yesterday's Kin

Nancy Kress

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Claimed

Sarah Fine · 332 pages

Galena Margolis, a brilliant scientist with a tragic past, is determined to fulfill her destiny and develop the vaccine that could save millions. Yet when Galena's test subjects meet with foul play, it's clear that someone is still determined to stop her, and that Galena herself is a target. As the Ferry empire forges a plan to keep her safe, Declan Ferry, the politics-hating black sheep of the fa

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Recursion

Blake Crouch · 329 pages

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Flash and Bones

Kathy Reichs · 278 pages

"Kathy Reichs--#1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television hit Bones --returns with a riveting new novel set in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan. Kathy Reichs's trademark blend of forensic descriptions that "chill to the bone" ( Entertainment Weekly ) and breathless suspense have made her books major bestsellers worl

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The Atlantis Plague

A.G. Riddle · 397 pages

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The First Day

Marc Levy

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The Third Twin

Ken Follett · 492 pages

Young scientist Jeannie Ferrami discovers a baffling mystery. Two young men, law student Steve and convicted murderer Dan, appear to be identical twins. Yet they were born on different days, to different mothers. Jeannie investigates, but shadowy forces retaliate and Steve is accused of a terrible crime. As Jeannie falls in love with him, can she be sure he is different from his evil twin? Solv

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The Winter Over

Matthew Iden · 352 pages

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The Fires

Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir · 332 pages

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12.21

Dustin Thomason · 402 pages

An ancient prophecy fortells that the world will end on the 21 December 2012. In Central America, a treasure hutner discovers a Maya relic - a mysterious and ornate codex, but when he smuggles it into the US, he brings with him an old and deadly secret. Early in December 2012, the codex come to AChel Manu, a Maya world authority. She is torn between the chance to translate the codex herself and he

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The Andromeda Strain

Michael Crichton · 294 pages

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The Judas Strain

James Rollins · 464 pages

ju·das strain, n. A scientific term for an organism that drives an entire species to extinctionA master at combining historical and scientific intrigue with cutting-edge adventure, New York Times bestselling author of Map of Bones and Black Order James Rollins returns with his most relentless, high-octane thriller to date—a terrifying story of an ancient menace reborn to plague the modern world .

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The Plague Tales

Ann Benson · 675 pages

Contains two parallel stories: one an account of a king's physician in 14th-century England, the other a tale of futuristic London where an archeologist unearths a 700 year old strain of Bubonic plague.

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Darwin's Radio

Greg Bear · 440 pages

"Virus hunter" Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women and invariably results in miscarriage. But when Dicken finds what he's looking for, the answer proves to be stranger--and far deadlier--than he ever could have imagined. Something that has sle

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Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle

Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio · 128 pages

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Bellwether

Connie Willis · 247 pages

Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula winning author of Doomsday Book. Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luc

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Cosm

Gregory Benford · 384 pages

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The Strain

Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan · 504 pages

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event.The StrainThey have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in d

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Factoring Humanity

Robert J. Sawyer · 343 pages

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Inferno

Dan Brown · 624 pages

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s mo

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The Clockwork Rocket: Orthogonal Book One

Greg Egan · 362 pages

A series of strange meteors enters a planetary system, and a world is in danger. Can space travellers from this world, travel in time and space, and return in time with the technology needed to avert the disaster? This is the first book of the Orthogonal trilogy, following the travellers on their mission.

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