Book Description
In the Book of Revelations, the Four Horsemen herald the
arrival of the Apocalypse. When the First Horseman
thunders forth, pestilence will spread throughout the
land. For the First Horseman is Plague. . . .
With the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller
The Genesis Code, John Case gave us a compelling,
chillingly plausible novel of suspense that readers
devoured in one sitting. Now Case once again combines
cutting-edge science with political intrigue in a
thriller even more terrifying--a journey into a nightmare
so frighteningly believable that it might just happen
tomorrow.
The Spanish Flu killed forty million people worldwide
in 1918. Now, with history threatening to repeat itself,
a scientific expedition speeds toward a remote island in
the Arctic Sea to recover strains of the lethal virus
preserved under layers of ice.
For Washington Post reporter Frank Daly, it is the
story of a lifetime. But his plan to join the expedition
is ruined by a ferocious storm that delays him. And when
he meets up with the ship upon its return to port in
Norway, it is clear that something has gone terribly
wrong.
Fear haunts the faces of the crew. No one will talk.
And someone wants Daly to stop asking questions.
But if there's a wall around the facts, Daly will
batter it down. Persistent and resourceful, he knows how
to get answers when none are given. Yet the more he
uncovers, the more dangerous the stakes become. Until at
last he comes face-to-face with a shocking secret,
pitching him into a harrowing race to prevent nothing
less than . . . apocalypse.
Gripping, heartpounding, The First Horseman hurtles
through jolting twists of plot to reveal an enemy as
ominous as the darkest prophecy. A knockout thriller,
here is a novel of unrelenting suspense you will find
hard to put down--and even harder to forget.
