biological warfare

"The alien intelligence that unleashed two horrific assaults on humanity has been destroyed. But before it was brought down in flames, it launched one last payload--a tiny soda-can-sized canister filled with germs engineered to wreak new forms of havoc on the human race"--Provided by publisher.

Describes a history of bioterrorism and biowarfare tactics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and discusses what biological weapons are, the threats they pose, and what can be done to prevent them from becoming a threat to human rights and dignity.

This is the reworked version of King's post-apocalyptic horror/science fiction novel. The story begins with the escape and spread of a human-made biological weapson, a superflu virus known formally as Project Blue and colloquially as Captain Trips. The epidemic leads to the death of most of the human population of North America.

Examines the realities of weapons of mass destruction.

Anthrax, smallpox, ebola and more -- the frightening past and lethal future of biological warfare.

Reporter Frank Daly, having joined a scientific expedition to a remote island in the Arctic, uncovers a shocking secret that has him racing against time in an attempt to save the world from apocalypse.

Examines the Army's germ warfare testing program from World War II to the present, the nature of their biological experiments, and the effects on exposed human populations.

Explores the conflict between moral behavior and national security as it relates to chemical and biological warfare, arguing that the compromise of moral principles on the issue has led to greater insecurity around the world, and expressing the need to foster a universal sense of revulsion for poison weapons.

Forensic pathologists Dr. Jack Stapleton and Dr. Laurie Montgomery, investigating two seemingly disparate cases, come to realize that Jack's anthrax victim, and Laurie's tortured skinhead are only a small part of a dangerous plot to unleash a devastating bioweapon on the United States.