{"product_id":"the-end-of-october-paperback","title":"The End of October - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea riveting thriller and \"all-too-convincing chronicle of science, espionage, action and speculation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with acute hemorrhagic fever. When epidemiologist Henry Parsons travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will have staggering repercussions. Halfway across the globe, the deputy director of U.S. Homeland Security scrambles to mount a response to the rapidly spreading pandemic leapfrogging around the world, which she believes may be the result of an act of biowarfare. And a rogue experimenter in man-made diseases is preparing his own terrifying solution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs already-fraying global relations begin to snap, the virus slashes across the United States, dismantling institutions and decimating the population. With his own wife and children facing diminishing odds of survival, Henry travels from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia to his home base at the CDC in Atlanta, searching for a cure and for the origins of this seemingly unknowable disease. \u003ci\u003eThe End of October \u003c\/i\u003eis a one-of-a-kind thriller steeped in real-life political and scientific implications, filled with the insight that has been the hallmark of Wright's acclaimed nonfiction and the full-tilt narrative suspense that only the best fiction can offer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Wright \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e a playwright, a screenwriter, and the author of ten books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower, Going Clear, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod Save Texas, \u003c\/i\u003e and one previous novel, \u003ci\u003eGod's Favorite\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have received many honors, including a Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower.\u003c\/i\u003e He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768442126624,"sku":"9780593081143","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac55ae01a74a3c2f283b374d5120303a.webp?v=1780329840","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-end-of-october-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}