{"product_id":"the-demon-in-the-freezer-a-true-story-paperback","title":"The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Preston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines.\"--\u003c\/i\u003eRichard Danzig, former secretary of the navy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with \"hot\" agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In \u003ci\u003eThe Demon in the Freezer, \u003c\/i\u003e his first nonfiction book since \u003ci\u003eThe Hot Zone, \u003c\/i\u003e a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, Richard Preston takes us into the heart of Usamriid, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, once the headquarters of the U.S. biological weapons program and now the epicenter of national biodefense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Peter Jahrling, the top scientist at Usamriid, a wry virologist who cut his teeth on Ebola, one of the world's most lethal emerging viruses, has ORCON security clearance that gives him access to top secret information on bioweapons. His most urgent priority is to develop a drug that will take on smallpox-and win. Eradicated from the planet in 1979 in one of the great triumphs of modern science, the smallpox virus now resides, officially, in only two high-security freezers-at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and in Siberia, at a Russian virology institute called Vector. But the demon in the freezer has been set loose. It is almost certain that illegal stocks are in the possession of hostile states, including Iraq and North Korea. Jahrling is haunted by the thought that biologists in secret labs are using genetic engineering to create a new superpox virus, a smallpox resistant to all vaccines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Usamriid went into a state of Delta Alert on September 11 and activated its emergency response teams when the first anthrax letters were opened in New York and Washington, D.C. Preston reports, in unprecedented detail, on the government' s response to the attacks and takes us into the ongoing FBI investigation. His story is based on interviews with top-level FBI agents and with Dr. Steven Hatfill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jahrling is leading a team of scientists doing controversial experiments with live smallpox virus at CDC. Preston takes us into the lab where Jahrling is reawakening smallpox and explains, with cool and devastating precision, what may be at stake if his last bold experiment fails.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bard of biological weapons captures\u003cbr\u003ethe drama of the front lines.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with \"hot\" agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In The Demon in the Freezer, his first nonfiction book since The Hot Zone, a #1 \"New York Times bestseller, Richard Preston takes us into the heart of Usamriid, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, once the headquarters of the U.S. biological weapons program and now the epicenter of national biodefense. \u003cbr\u003ePeter Jahrling, the top scientist at Usamriid, a wry virologist who cut his teeth on Ebola, one of the world's most lethal emerging viruses, has ORCON security clearance that gives him access to top secret information on bioweapons. His most urgent priority is to develop a drug that will take on smallpox-and win. Eradicated from the planet in 1979 in one of the great triumphs of modern science, the smallpox virus now resides, officially, in only two high-security freezers-at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and in Siberia, at a Russian virology institute called Vector. But the demon in the freezer has been set loose. It is almost certain that illegal stocks are in the possession of hostile states, including Iraq and North Korea. Jahrling is haunted by the thought that biologists in secret labs are using genetic engineering to create a new superpox virus, a smallpox resistant to all vaccines. \u003cbr\u003eUsamriid went into a state of Delta Alert on September 11 andactivated its emergency response teams when the first anthrax letters were opened in New York and Washington, D.C. Preston reports, in unprecedented detail, on the government's response to the attacks and takes us into the ongoing FBI investigation. His story is based on interviews with top-level FBI agents and with Dr. Steven Hatfill. \u003cbr\u003eJahrling is leading a team of scientists doing controversial experiments with live smallpox virus at CDC. Preston takes us into the lab where Jahrling is reawakening smallpox and explains, with cool and devastating precision, what may be at stake if his last bold experiment fails. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Preston\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hot Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Demon in the Freezer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Cobra Event.\u003c\/i\u003e A writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003esince 1985, Preston is the only nondoctor to have received the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Champion of Prevention Award. He also holds an award from the American Institute of Physics. 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