1976; Doubleday & Company publishers, New York; Book Club Edition; hardbound in textured burgundy boards with mustard lettering along spine; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket quite good with minor ageing and wear.
 
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High in the Andes an archaeologist stumbles on an ancient tomb, unwittingly releasing the germs from a civilization doomed by plague over 5000 years ago.
 
What happens when this deadly organism, for which there is no antidote, reappears forms the basis of this sensational novel.
 
Frank Slaughter tells of the complex, high-stakes world of intraglobal medicine, taking us behind the public deeds to the private people whose courage can make the difference between a footnote today...and a headline tomorrow.