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"Shayna tried to speak, but her throat was closed off. Her breath came in short, sharp gasps. Frank cradled her head in his lap, frantic as he looked up at the crowd. 'Is there an ambulance on the way?' " Wedding bells are ringing for Jenna Blake's dad, and she couldn't be happier for him. His new wife, Shayna, is just the greatest. And their wedding luncheon is perfect -- until the food arrives. When guests start experiencing unusual symptoms, Jenna knows something is terribly wrong. Then show more all too quickly, Shayna winds up paralyzed. But Shayna's not the only victim. The mysterious illness begins to sweep Jenna's college campus, leaving two students dead. Doctors suspect that this is no ordinary virus. Highly unusual and destructive, it could only be the work of human hands. While the Center for Disease Control is blanketing the campus, Jenna and the rest of the medical examiner's team scramble to put the pieces together. But the longer it takes to solve the puzzle, the more critical the situation becomes. Because this virus is deadly -- and very contagious. show lessTags
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This book wasn't all that deep...It was simply a mysterious disease with a classic teenager on the case who has some... issues. It wasn't completely horrible, though...
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Christopher Golden is the co-author of The Watcher's Guide and several Buffy the Vampire Slayer books, and the author of many other adult and teen thrillers. He is also a comic-book writer and pop-culture critic. (Bowker Author Biography) Writer Christopher Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, and later graduated from Tufts University. show more Golden has held many positions in various places in the entertainment industry, including Billboard magazine, American Top 40, the Billboard Music Awards, and BPI Entertainment News. He was also editor of Cut!: Horror Writers on Horror Film, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Criticism. Golden has written several young adult fiction books including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (co-wrote), X-Men: Mutant Empire, Of Saints and Shadows, Angels Souls and Devil Hearts, as well as several Star Wars projects. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Throat Culture;
- Original publication date
- 2005-04
- People/Characters
- Jenna Blake; Walter Slikowski; Danny Mariano; Frank Logan; Shayna Emerson; April Blake (show all 10); Hunter LaChance; Yoshiko Kitsuta; Audrey Gaines; Albert Dyson
- Important places
- Somerset, Massachusetts, USA
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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