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400 pages • first pub 2023 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: B09ZRQJNHZ
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Edition Pub Date: 21 February 2023
Readers who relish watching a lone, razor-sharp woman quietly upend a male-dominated 1940s–50s polio war by uncovering the virus in human blood—only to face the agonizing choice of whether to prop up or torpedo a rival’s global vaccine—will find this tense, locked-room scientific chase irresistible.
Description
In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lo...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 86%
inspiring: 67%
hopeful: 47%
emotional: 32%
reflective: 31%
challenging: 26%
sad: 21%
adventurous: 12%
tense: 12%
dark: 5%
mysterious: 5%
lighthearted: 4%
funny: 2%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Medical content, Misogyny, Medical traumaModerate
Child death, Sexism, DementiaMinor
Racism, Grief, Death of parent
400 pages • first pub 2023 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: B09ZRQJNHZ
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Edition Pub Date: 21 February 2023
Readers who relish watching a lone, razor-sharp woman quietly upend a male-dominated 1940s–50s polio war by uncovering the virus in human blood—only to face the agonizing choice of whether to prop up or torpedo a rival’s global vaccine—will find this tense, locked-room scientific chase irresistible.
Description
In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lo...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 86%
inspiring: 67%
hopeful: 47%
emotional: 32%
reflective: 31%
challenging: 26%
sad: 21%
adventurous: 12%
tense: 12%
dark: 5%
mysterious: 5%
lighthearted: 4%
funny: 2%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Medical content, Misogyny, Medical traumaModerate
Child death, Sexism, DementiaMinor
Racism, Grief, Death of parent