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The nanotechnology was designed to fight cancer. Instead, it evolved into the Machine Plague, killing nearly five billion people and changing life on Earth forever.
The nanotech has one weakness: it self-destructs at altitudes above ten thousand feet. Those few who've managed to escape the plague struggle to stay alive on the highest mountains, but time is running out-there is famine and war, and the environment is crashing worldwide. Humanity's last hope lies with a top nanotech researcher aboard the International Space Station-and with a small group of survivors in California who risk a daring journey below the death line...
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- Title Plague Year
- Author Jeff Carlson
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Later Edition
- Pages 292
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ace Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date July 31, 2007
- ISBN 9780441015146 / 044101514X
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 6.76 x 4.22 x 0.82 in (17.17 x 10.72 x 2.08 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Nanotechnology
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009424153
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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"An epic of apocalyptic fiction: harrowing, heartfelt and rock-hard realistic. A cautionary tale. Not to be missed." -James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain "Part Michael Crichton, part George Romero, Jeff Carlson's Plague Year is deft and compelling, full of high-altitude chills." -E. E. Knight, national bestselling author of Valentine's Exile "Frightening, plausible and action-packed, Plague Year is one of the best debut novels in years...Jeff Carlson packs riveting storytelling with a lot of fresh ideas." -David Brin, New York Times bestselling author of Kiln People "A grim and fascinating new twist on the post-holocaust story, unlike anything I've read before." -Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling co-author of Hunters of Dune "Jeff Carlson is a terrific writer and Plague Year is a marvelous book, full of memorable characters, white-knuckle scenes, and big ideas. Get in on the ground floor with this exciting new author." -Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Rollback "Plague Year proposes a frightening new nanotech catastrophe, and uses it as a crucible to explore the best and worst of human nature. Tightly written and well-told." -Robert Charles Wilson, Hugo and Aurora Award-winning author of Axis and Spin
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