Mount Dragon
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
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Mount Dragon: an enigmatic research complex hidden in the vast desert of New Mexico. Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca have come to Mount Dragon to work shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet. Led by visionary genius Brent Scopes, their secret goal is a medical breakthrough that promises to bring incalculable benefits to the human race. But while Scopes believes he is leading the way to a new world order, he may in fact be opening the door to mass show more human extinction. And when Guy and Susana attempt to stop him they find themselves locked in a frightening battle with Scopes, his henchmen, and the apocalyptic nightmare that science has unleashed. show lessTags
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Ik hou van de boeken van deze schrijvers en heb ook dit boek met veel plezier gelezen. Ik vond het opmerkelijk dat een boek dat toch al een aantal jaren oud is, toch nog zo bij de tijd is. De griep is momenteel toch behoorlijk in het nieuws en het feit dat dit boek daar al in de jaren negentig op in haakt vind ik opmerkelijk.
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Ik heb het met veel plezier gelezen en vond het jammer dat het afgelopen was.
The story revolves around a top secret facility which is believed to be devloping a secret weapon. Two scientists discover the truth behind what is being developed and tested at the facility and soon are on the run. All along, they are aided by persons outside the facility, one of which knows the mastermind personally.
The biohazard novel is nothing new. However, these two authors have managed to transform it into a gripping, realistic story. They are similar to Michael Crichton in that they take actual science, stretch the bounds of reality a little, and come up with something so believable that it's scary. The story they've crafted around the science is a wonder to read. The characters are believable, the story is gripping, and the show more climax is fulfilling. I would recommend this book to anybody who's into science thrillers or action movies. show less
The biohazard novel is nothing new. However, these two authors have managed to transform it into a gripping, realistic story. They are similar to Michael Crichton in that they take actual science, stretch the bounds of reality a little, and come up with something so believable that it's scary. The story they've crafted around the science is a wonder to read. The characters are believable, the story is gripping, and the show more climax is fulfilling. I would recommend this book to anybody who's into science thrillers or action movies. show less
Mount Dragon is close to my favorite Preston Child work. A suspenseful, twisted plot highlighting the eternal conflict between scientific research for the growth and good of humankind and the greed and desire for profit and power. Great story with a bang up ending.
Genetic experiments in the New Mexico desert go awry. Sort of ahead of its time for the genetic modification conversation. Not for the faint of heart with the animal (chimp) abuse. Silly ending, but a good summer read adventure. Weird audiobook production; when people are in OSHA suits or online, the narrator's voice was modified to sound echo-y. Narrator - David Colacci - a little too nasal for my taste.
Guy Carson, a genetic microbiologist, is assigned to Mount Dragon to continue efforts to bio-engineer a virus that will alter the human genome to render immunity to influenza, saving millions of lives a year. As with most suspense novels of this genre, things go awry and the deadliest virus ever known to man results, threatening the existence of the race when the enigmatic biotech company founder explores the military applications of the new virus. There are stereotypical elements to this story that seem to pervade all the books and movies of the genre from "The Andromeda Strain" to "Outbreak", but the authors manage the suspense and the science with a sure hand that keeps it from seeming hackneyed. A good suspenseful read for a lazy show more weekend. show less
Um excelente thriller que aborda a vontade, ingenuidade e ganância de querer fazer de Deus e explorar vírus perigosos para tentar descobrir curas impossíveis e nesse processo quase iniciar o processo de contaminação da humanidade. Uma dupla espectacular e imparável na escrita de livros que nos tiram a respiração.
Um excelente thriller que aborda a vontade, ingenuidade e ganância de querer fazer de Deus e explorar vírus perigosos para tentar descobrir curas impossíveis e nesse processo quase iniciar o processo de contaminação da humanidade. Uma dupla espectacular e imparável na escrita de livros que nos tiram a respiração.
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Douglas Jerome Preston was born on May 20, 1956 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. in English literature from Pomona College in 1978. His career began at the American Museum of Natural History, where he worked as an editor and writer from 1978 to 1985. He also was a lecturer in English at Princeton University. He became a full-time show more writer of both fiction and nonfiction books in 1986. Many of his fiction works are co-written with Lincoln Child including Relic, Riptide, Thunderhead, The Wheel of Darkness, Cemetery Dance, and Gideon's Corpse. His nonfiction works include Dinosaurs in the Attic; Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado; Talking to the Ground; and The Royal Road. He has written for numerous magazines including The New Yorker; Natural History; Harper's; Smithsonian; National Geographic; and Travel and Leisure. He became a New York Times Best Selling author with his titles Two Graves and Crimson Shores which he co-wrote with Lincoln Child, and his titles White Fire, The Lost Island Blue Labyrinth and The Lost City of the Monkey God. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Lincoln Child was born in Westport, Connecticut in 1957. He received a degree in English from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. After graduation, he obtained a position as an editorial assistant at St. Martin's Press and eventually became a full editor in 1984. He left St. Martin's Press in 1987 for a job at MetLife and began writing. show more Child has co-written numerous books with Douglas Preston including Relic, White Fire, Cold Vengeance, Riptide, Thunderhead, The Wheel of Darkness, Cemetery Dance, Gideon's Corpse, Blue Labyrinth, and Two Graves. In 2003, he published his first solo novel entitled Utopia. His other solo works include Death Match, Deep Storm, Terminal Freeze, The Third Gate, and The Forgotten Room. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Mount Dragon
- Alternate titles
- Virus
- Original publication date
- 1996-02
- People/Characters
- Guy Carson; Susana Cabeza de Vaca; Brent Scopes; Charles Levine; Franklin Burt; Dr. John Singer (show all 37); Mime; Gilbert Teece; Rosalind Brandon-Smith; Spencer Fairley; Mike Marr; George Harper; Andrew Vanderwagon; Bob Fillson; Toni Wheeler; Pavel Vladimirovic; Dr. Lloyd Fossey; Dr. Garriot; Will Hartung; Fred Peck; Dr. Lyle Grady; Rodney P. Falfa; Roger Czerny; Erwin Landsberg; Leonard Stafford; Ricciolini; Barrold Leighton; Sammy Sanchez; Finley Squires; Theresa Court; Mr. Saltzman; Jacob Perlstein; Muriel Page; Edwin Bannister; General Roger Harrington; Weiskamp; Alan Lipscomb
- Important places
- GeneDyne Remote Desert Testing Facility, Losthope, New Mexico, USA (fictitious); White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA; Mount Dragon, New Mexico, USA; Jornada del Muerto, New Mexico, USA; El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (show all 9); Boston, Massachusetts, USA; River Pointe, Ohio, USA; Dark Harbor Institute, Dark Harbor, Maine, USA
- Epigraph
- Our symbols shout at the universe,
They fly off, like hunters' arrows
Into the night sky.
Or knapped spearpoints into flesh.
They race like fires across plains,
Driving... (show all) buffalo.
—Franklin Burt
One window upon Apocalypse is more than enough.
—Susan Wright/Robert L. Sinsheimer,
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists - Dedication
- To Jerome Preston, Senior
—D. P.
To Luchie; my parents; and Nina Soller
—L. C. - First words
- The sounds drifted over the long green lawn, so faint they could have been the crying of ravens in the nearby wood, or the distant braying of a mule on the farm across the brown river.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"It's been a long time since I've had a good bowl of mutton stew," he said.
- Disambiguation notice
- Be careful when combining a book titled Virus with the author's last name of Preston. Both Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child AND Richard Preston have a book with this title.
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- Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PS3566 .R3982 .M6 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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