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In 1967 an extraterrestrial microbe, later dubbed The Andromeda Strain, crashes to Earth, killing almost everyone in Piedmont, Arizona, except an elderly man and a baby. A group of elite scientists leads Project Wildfire to contain the contagion, succeeding just as a catastrophic nuclear detonation looms. Decades later, the subtle threat persists. Deep within Fairchild Air Force Base, Project Eternal Vigilance remains on standby for the Andromeda Strain’s return. A Brazilian terrain-mapping drone detects a bizarre anomaly in a jungle that bears the chemical signature of the deadly microparticle. With this discovery, a next‑generation Project Wildfire is activated, sending a diverse, global team to investigate and neutralize the evolving bioweapon before it can doom humanity.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Action Adventure
Authors: Daniel H. Wilson
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