Thursday, June 3, 2021

Germ by Robert Liparulo

 



Goodreads 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.

My rating: 3 stars.

Content warnings: R. Graphic violence.

Thoughts: Virus thrillers aren't quite as much fun as they used to be.

That being said, it was still a fun ride, even if it did take me a while to read. The action was tense and exciting. And it was definitely nice to read a thriller without any sex scenes or constant profanity. And to have a religious character not to be the butt of constant jokes or ridicule.

I don't have much else to say about it, but I look forward to reading more of the author's work.

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