Microbe

I was very pleasantly surprised to find that 'Microbe' was very easy to read. It moved quickly and was written in an understandable way, so rare for books of this kind, although it slightly bogged a little when the SYRIS system was being explained. It picked up again and ended with something to think about. The best thing about this book is that you can learn something important without feeling like you are. It reads like a novel.

An unexpectedly good - if frightening - read!

Microbe gives you a chilling journey which explores *multiple* stories; SARS, Hantavirus, West Nile...The chapter on the Soviet bioweapons program breeding even more lethal kinds of smallpox is worth the price of the book alone.

This was'nt a dry science book but something with a strong story that propels the reader through each chapter. If you like The Hot Zone you'll like this as it's a surprisingly easy read.