In Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone, the plot follows path of Ebola as it makes its way into the human race for the first time. From the beginning, with a man called Charles Monet, for our purposes, in 1980, to a young Danish boy in ‘87, to an outbreak in Reston, Virginia in 1989, Ebola virus has evaded understanding. But Preston traces its lifespan with a fine-tooth comb, carefully documenting every known occasion in which the scientific community learned more about the elusive virus. With a terrifyingly true story, he educates and entertains in his 1994 bestseller.
When he kicks off the novel, Preston follows the last days of a Frenchman whom he calls Charles Monet, the days leading up to his death, and the second outbreak of the Marburg virus.
When he kicks off the novel, Preston follows the last days of a Frenchman whom he calls Charles Monet, the days leading up to his death, and the second outbreak of the Marburg virus.