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Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 72
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In 1985, after an accident at an army laboratory lets loose a virus that kills nearly the entire U.S., the survivors cross vast, horrifying wastelands to band together in Boulder, Colorado, and Las Vegas, facing off to decide the fate of the human race. Contains the unabridged text and includes illustrations.
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Following the fall of Baghdad, two Iraqi boys stumble upon armed men looting the city zoo. The floodgates have been opened for the smuggling of hundreds of exotic birds, mammals, and reptiles to Western nations, but this crime hides a deeper secret. Amid a hail of bullets, a concealed underground weapons lab is ransacked and something even more horrific is set free. Seven years later, Louisiana state veterinarian Lorna Polk stumbles upon a fishing...
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As a television news correspondent, Alex callahan has traveled to some of the most dangerous corners of the globe, covering famine, plague, and war. But what he's never known is the terror that grabs him when, on a tranquil summer afternoon, he ceases to be an observer of the dark side and, to his shock, becomes enmeshed in it.
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[2016]
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"1944. As war rages in Europe and the Pacific, Army Intel makes a shocking discovery: a 300-foot Japanese sub marooned and empty, deep in the Brazilian interior. A team of Army Rangers sent to investigate has already gone missing. Now, the military sends Captain R.J. MacCready, a wisecracking, brilliant scientific jack-of-all-trades to learn why the Japanese are there-and what they're planning. Parachuting deep into the heart of Central Brazil, one...
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No safety in numbers trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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Teens Shay, Marco, Lexi, and Ryan, quarantined in a shopping mall when a biological bomb igoes off in an air duct, learn that in an emergency people change, and not always for the better, as many become sick and supplies run low.
7) The stand
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 72
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This story tells an apocalyptic vision of the world, when a deadly virus runs amok around the globe. But that lethal virus is almost benign compared to the satanic force gathering minions from those still alive to destroy humanity and create a world populated by evil.
8) Black Wind
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 29
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In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo.
9) Hotwire
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[2011]
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Investigating the bizarre deaths of three hard-partying teens, Special Agent Maggie O'Dell sifts through conflicting accounts only to discover that surviving partygoers are being targeted and systematically killed.
10) No Easy Way Out
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No safety in numbers trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
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"Teens Marco, Shay, Ryan, and Lexi form new allies in the quarantined mall-as the bodies pile up, the disease mutates, the Senator's authority is questioned, and it becomes clear there's no one to trust"--Provided by publisher.
11) God of war
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Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
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"In Jeff Rovin's Tom Clancy's Op-Center: God of War, after the devastating outbreak of a killer super virus, the Black Wasp Team must prevent America's enemies from gaining access to the most dangerous weapon the world has ever seen. The passengers and crew on an Airbus en route to Australia suddenly begin coughing up blood and hemorrhaging violently as the plane plunges to the ground. There are no survivors. A luxury yacht in the South Indian Sea...
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Dark biology volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
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Dr. Alice Austen, an officer with the Epidemic Intelligence Service branch of the Centers for Disease Control, goes to New York to investigate the hideous and mysterious death of a seventeen-year-old girl, and uncovers a terrorist plot involving the use of biological weapons.
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Scot Harvath thrillers volume 4
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"When a mystery thousands of years in the making threatens to catapult the enemies of America to a sure and decisive victory, the only person the president can call for help is the man the administration has just fired." "Caught live on Al Jazeera in an off-the-books operation, Scot Harvath's career has been terminated and he is forced to go to ground as the president bows to pressure from a ruthless senator with her sights set on the White House....
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Dark biology volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 15
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The author explores the return of smallpox, eradicated in 1979 but now returning on the black market as a weapon of bioterrorism, and the crusade of three doctors to uncover the mastermind of the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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Pike Logan thrillers volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
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When a rogue state plots to unleash a genetically mutated virus, the Taskforce counterterrorism unit under Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill follows a dangerous trail across Southeast Asia to the United States. The chosen virus release method, one of the Black Widows, female suicide terrorists of Chechen descent, have a reputation for slaughter that rivals any other group, but the enemy the Taskforce operators face may not be the enemy they should fear....
16) Germ warfare
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c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the history of germ warfare, the development of biological weapons, and measures taken to protect against germ warfare
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[2018]
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"Throughout history, armies have used various kinds of germs to cripple their enemies. International treaties currently outlaw the use of biological weapons, but this does not necessarily mean that none are being developed. Through informative text, augmented by detailed infographics and sidebars, readers learn about the history of biological warfare and ways it can be avoided in the future. Annotated quotes from experts on this topic and discussion...
18) Black Monday
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Pub. Date
c2007
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"When the first planes go down -- in Europe, in California, in Asia -- authorities blame terrorists. All flights are grounded as world leaders try to figure out how the global assault has been coordinated. And when cars, ships, and factories stop running too, it becomes clear that the common link is oil. Somehow a microbe, genetically engineered to destroy petroleum, has infected the world supply. The world descends into a new dark age. Dr. Gregory...
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Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Contains twenty-three articles in which the authors provide varying perspectives on the issue of biological warfare, debating the seriousness of the danger of biological weapons, nations and groups that pose the greatest threat, U.S. preparedness, and prevention measures.
20) Germ
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Pub. Date
[2006]
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Summary: Special agent Julia Matheson races to track the source of a virus that can infect and destroy specific individuals by matching their DNA.