Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Couldn't put it down:

Has it ever occurred to anyone that the first outbreaks of Lyme disease, in 1975, happened a mere 10 miles from the Plum Island germ laboratory? It certainly didn't to me until after reading this book. Since 1948, ticks have been bred and infected with the Lyme virus and other horrific viruses on this US govt. owned island located off the coast of Long Island and Connecticut in Long Island Sound. Old Lyme, CT, namesake of the disease, lies directly in the path of the prevailing wind direction from Plum... more info

Scariest book you'll ever read!:

If "The Hot Zone" scared the pants off of you, then this book will leave you naked. As an eastern Long Islander, this book really opened my eyes and made me think. With every chapter I read, I was on the phone soon afterwards telling my friends, "And you know what else the government is doing there...." The only reason I did not give this the full five stars was that it seemed to me in the last chapter that Mr. Carroll changed his stance on this issue. After an entire book of relating the nasty things that... more info

gripping, with some unanswered questions:

I found this book riveting and horrifying, despite several inconsistencies and unanswered questions. The sequence of events would have been easier to follow with a better explanation of dates, locations and characters involved. Credibility of facts is harmed by the fact that in one section of the book the author describes a plumber who is laid off in May of 1991 during the conversion to privatization of facility management; and yet a chapter later, this character is saving the day during Hurricane Bob in... more info

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