{"product_id":"the-end-of-october","title":"The End Of October","description":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText6069611436925838042\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA DEADLY VIRUS. QUARANTINE. A WORLD IN LOCKDOWN. THE THRILLER THAT PREDICTED IT ALL.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Flies thrillingly, eerily close to reality'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This page-turner... is riveting and spookily anticipates much that has unfolded in reality'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA race-against-time thriller, as one man must find the origin and cure for a new killer virus that has brought the world to its knees.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with a mysterious fever. When Dr Henry Parsons - microbiologist and epidemiologist - travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will soon have staggering repercussions across the globe: an infected man is on his way to join the millions of worshippers in the annual Hajj to Mecca.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs international tensions rise and governments enforce unprecedented measures, Henry finds himself in a race against time to track the source and find a cure – before it’s too late . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Eerily\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eprescient\u003c\/b\u003e. Too bad our leaders lack his foresight.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Featuring accounts of past plagues and pandemics, descriptions of pathogens and how they work, and dark notes about global warming, the book produces deep shudders . . . A disturbing,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eeerily timed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enovel.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ecompelling read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eup to the last sentence. Wright has come up with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ea story worthy of Michael Crichton\u003c\/b\u003e. In an eerily calm, matter-of-fact way, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ebacked by meticulous research\u003c\/b\u003e, he imagines what the world would actually be like in the grip of a devastating new virus.' Richard Preston, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hot Zone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHAT READERS ARE SAYING:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you have a desire to really understand what is going on in the world right now, this is a novel that you cannot afford to miss!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Well-written and fast-paced. Most of all utterly, scarily, believable.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH, and actually much of what I learned has informed my understanding of our current coronavirus pandemic.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Very well written and researched, and an all-around fascinating story'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Kool Skool The Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32193221132354,"sku":"Books","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/29_5d3c7ade-9f38-4b3a-b51c-f4244807cada.jpg?v=1597091391","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-end-of-october","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}