Z
A Dave Riley Novel
by Bob Mayer
ISBN: 0891415106
ISBN-13: 9780891415107
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Dave Riley is back, now as a civilian security specialist hired to protect a news correspondent on her trip to cover the civil war in Angola. When they arrive, they get word that Green Beret forces have been beaten down by an airborne plague that the epidemiologists are calling Z. When Riley's help is enlisted to track down the cause of the plague, he finds that it is not a result of nature gone awry, but of one man's greed. Diamond mogul Peter Van Wyks has not only spread the virus, but he has stockpiled the vaccine. Riley's mission now is to retrieve the vaccine from Van Wyks' heavily guarded headquarters.
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"A ripping good biotech/military thriller that plausibly depicts the high costs (psychological and otherwise) of combatting unseen enemies."
-- Kirkus
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 1997
Size: 6 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 269
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United States: Lyford Books, 1997. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dave Riley Adventure Series: No. 6.. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Fine. ( more information) Offered by Bong Bong Books (Australia)
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Novato, California, U.S.A.: Lyford Books, 1997. clean pages, tight binding, minimal shelf and corner wear, possibly circulated little, usual library markings, stamps & stickers, REM on bottom page edges. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover - Xlibrary. Very Good/Very Good w/ Poly NOT Lg Print. over 16 Oz. Mystery. ( more information) Offered by FAB BOOKS (United States)
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