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In a world where every month brings another catastrophic plague, two children mysteriously die of a disease that isn't known in the United States. The killer virus that strikes horses at Churchill Downs is also causing deaths that are seemingly untreatable. A noted virologist named Jack Bryne discovers uncanny similarities between the disease and the Fifth and Sixth Plagues described in the Book of Exodus. He soon realizes that the power behind these plagues is a diabolically intelligent serial killer with a sophisticated knowledge of toxins and an obsession with biblical retribution. The FBI believes Bryne is responsible for the killings, while Bryne himself is convinced he is the killer. Caught between the two, Bryne teams up with his bright lab assistant, a young TV journalist, and a young religious scholar to stop the killer before it's too late. But even Bryne does not know how close the killer is...until he meets this modern Moriarty on a midnight confrontation that will determine the future of the world.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Thriller/Medical Thriller
Authors: John S. Marr
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