When a Muslim cleric predicts planes will fall from the sky, America braces for a terrorist attack. But when the prediction proves true, the real cause is far more terrifying: a microbe that eats oil, effectively destroying all gas-operated mechanisms. Gillette, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, understands the devastation that the microbe could wreak. But his far-more-chilling theory is that the microbe is synthetic and the work of terrorists. When no one will listen, Gillette must take it upon himself to stop the epidemic only he can foresee. As the world's economy grinds to a crashing halt, Gillette races against the clock to find the source of the microbe and its antidote.

This gripping, high-concept thriller about a virus that is eating the world's oil supply is reminiscent of Michael Crichton's best.

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Listening Length	12 hours and 16 minutes
Author	R. Scott Reiss
Narrator	Dick Hill
Audible.com.au Release Date	02 February 2007
Publisher	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NZ5KBGK
Best Sellers Rank	186,470 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 508 in Medical Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 729 in Technothrillers (Audible Books & Originals) 1,519 in Medical Thrillers

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marcus

Gute Story

Reviewed in Germany on 25 November 2012

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Sehr starker Einstieg. Gute Story Idee mit hohem Spannungsanteil. Gegen Ende etwas Pathos und amerikanes Cliché: Papa rettet erst Amerika und dann die Familie. Trotzdem spannend und gut zu lesen. mehr als den Klappentet möchte ich nicht verraten- man kann das Buch bei Amazon anlesen. Wem die ersten 5 Seiten gefallen, der sollte es einfach kaufen und lesen. da kann man nichts falsch machen.

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G. Kohl

Don't bother

Reviewed in the United States on 6 December 2010

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Black Monday

As others have written, the plot (oil eating/crapping bacteria) was interesting but during the course of the novel, our main character aka SUPERHERO manages to fight entrenched bureaucrats, discover the means of infection, and foil the evil plot, while being a good father, husband and neighborhood block leader. By the end, everyone Good becomes a Better person and a few neighborhood nasties get their just desserts. The waffling US President probably isn't going to be reelected and the world economy; after ditching the US dollar as the world reserve currency, gets all better in a paragraph and a half. Hurrah!

My sentences have become on running and more incoherent as I realize the time I wasted reading this tripe.

Oh, another thing. A submarine captain and a couple of blue jackets rowing ashore in a rubber dingy would not conduct a snatch and grab of the EVIL Mastermind on foreign soil. That's what we have SEALS for.

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Gabriel the trumpeter

Poor reader (audio version)

Reviewed in the United States on 5 April 2011

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I am generally neutral toward readers of audio books. A few make the book memorable by adding breadth to the experience. Rarely do they detract. Dick Hill is an exception to this. He tries too hard to make it a performance. Like most audio book listeners, I listen to the books in my car during my daily commute to work and on longer trips. Hill varies his volume from a whisper to a shout and I found myself driving with one hand on the volume control to be ready to turn it up or down, depending on how he saw fit to read the current passage. Throw in a little road noise and it becomes quite a challenge to get through this book. He makes the reading central to the book, instead of incidental, and in this case, it borders on unacceptable. I also became weary of his giving most of the characters upper Midwest accents, regardless of where they were from. Overall, an audio presentation to be endured, not relished.

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Caotico09

Fell Flat.

Reviewed in the United States on 21 October 2017

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Interesting concepts that are modern and thought provoking, however the book's turn and decision to focus on the micro situation around the main character made the book fall fairly flat. The problem is that it took the book from an interesting science/apocalyptic novel to a poor mans action thriller.

Mary S.

hard to put down..

Reviewed in the United States on 3 November 2016

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there is some scarey stuff in this book, mostly because it seems so possible. His writing reads very authentic and must be greatly researched. As with his other books, it leaves you with a lot to think about if something like this happened. and it could!

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