适合人群:Science fiction enthusiasts, fans of suspenseful thrillers, readers interested in the implications of biotechnology, and individuals who enjoy thought-provoking dystopian narratives.
The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere.
Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona.
Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.
ISBN:9780060541811
出版日期:2003-11-01 适合人群:Science fiction enthusiasts, fans of suspenseful thrillers, readers interested in the implications of biotechnology, and individuals who enjoy thought-provoking dystopian narratives.