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THE COBRA EVENT - Richard Preston (audiobook)
The Cobra Event is the first novel by Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone. An outbreak of a new deadly disease is taking place in New York City. The disease starts out like a cold, but its victims turn to self-mutilation and suffer a horrible death. Although the victims appear to have nothing in common, the C.D.C sends pathologist Alice Austen to investigate, and with the assistance of a secret government medical team, she determines that the epidemic is caused by biological terrorism. Now the team must find the culprit before the disease reaches national proportions.
Preston's follow-up to The Hot Zone is a fascinating and terrifying medical thriller. While the story is fiction, The Cobra Event is based on facts, and the scary aspect is that the events in the novel are quite feasible. Preston writes with an air of authenticity and presents us with extraordinary possibilities. His strength lies with science over characters, but this is overcome by a strong, intriguing story. The Cobra Event is a must read for all fans of medical thrillers.
The audio version is 4 tapes, abridged, published by Random House, and enthusiastically read by Blair Underwood. His performance is very entertaining, he has no difficulty with the medical terminology, and Underwood's only flaw is reading too quickly when exciting scenes occur. However, this can be overlooked as his pacing helps maintain the suspense. Although the audio is abridged, many of the gruesome descriptions of the disease are included, but I couldn't help but wonder if the text was even more graphic. Still, listeners will be glued to their cassette players.
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