Plague Year
Author | : Jeff Carlson |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2007-07-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781440634215 |
ISBN-13 | : 1440634211 |
Rating | : 4/5 (211 Downloads) |
Download or read book Plague Year written by Jeff Carlson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Jeff Carlson's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. View our feature on Jeff Carlson's Plague Year.The nanotechnology was designed to fight cancer. Instead, it evolved into the Machine Plague, killing nearly five billion people and changing life on Earth forever. The nanotech has one weakness: it self-destructs at altitudes above ten thousand feet. Those few who've managed to escape the plague struggle to stay alive on the highest mountains, but time is running out-there is famine and war, and the environment is crashing worldwide. Humanity's last hope lies with a top nanotech researcher aboard the International Space Station-and with a small group of survivors in California who risk a daring journey below the death line...