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  Outbreak

  by Robin Cook

  Murder and mystery reach epidemic proportions when a devastating plague sweeps the country. Dr. Marissa Blumenthal of the Atlanta Centers for Disease Control investigates--and soon uncovers the medical world's deadliest secret. "His most harrowing medical horror story." ( The New York Times )
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  The Secret of the Yellow Death

  A True Story of Medical Sleuthing

  by Suzanne Jurmain

  Red oozes from the patient's gums.  He has a rushing headache and the whites of his eyes look like lemons. He will likely die within days.   Here is the true story of how four Americans and one Cuban tracked down a killer, one of the word's most vicious plagues: yellow fever.  Set in fever-stricken Cuba, the reader feels the heavy air, smell the stench of disease, hear the whine of mosquitoes biting human... (more)
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  The Maze Runner: Book 3

  The Death Cure

  by James Dashner

  Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened that no... (more)
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  Razorland: Book 1

  Enclave

  by Ann Aguirre

  WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE In Deuce's world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed 'brat' has trained into one of three groups-Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their arms. Deuce has wanted to be a Huntress for as long as she can remember. As a Huntress, her purpose is clear--to brave... (more)
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  China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic

  by Karl Taro Greenfeld

  The SARS outbreak last winter not only terrified millions of people and ground trade in Asia to a halt, it also served as a deadly harbinger of epidemics to come.