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The End of October

By: Lawrence Wright
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
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Brought to you by Penguin.

A DEADLY VIRUS. QUARANTINE. A WORLD IN LOCKDOWN. THE THRILLER THAT PREDICTED IT ALL.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A race-against-time thriller, as one man must find the origin and cure for a new killer virus that has brought the world to its knees.

At an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with a mysterious fever. When Dr Henry Parsons - microbiologist and epidemiologist - travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will soon have staggering repercussions across the globe: an infected man is on his way to join the millions of worshippers in the annual Hajj to Mecca.

As international tensions rise and governments enforce unprecedented measures, Henry finds himself in a race against time to track the source and find a cure – before it’s too late . . .

©2020 Lawrence Wright (P)2020 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Political Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Exciting Technology Adventure Suspense Middle East

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Critic reviews

"An eerily prescient novel about a devastating virus that begins in Asia before going global.... A page-turner that has the earmarks of an instant best seller." (New York Post)

"Eerily prescient. Too bad our leaders lack his foresight." (The New York Times)

"A compelling read up to the last sentence. Wright has come up with a story worthy of Michael Crichton. In an eerily calm, matter-of-fact way, and backed by meticulous research, he imagines what the world would actually be like in the grip of a devastating new virus." (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone)

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loved the book, well researched and the science is spot on. Random flights of fancy but still enjoyable start to finish

A worrying yet prescient tale

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I enjoyed the story and the voice of the narrator.
It was good that factual information about historical pandemics was weaved into the story.

Very Good

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Not really a documentary (well kind of, this all might happen or are partly happening) and even less of a novel (no prose, thin characters, no depth, no drama). The narration does not help it either: Uninteresting, frustrating accent mimicking and sudden spikes that don't fit.

Meh... [2.5 stars]

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Well right in the middle of lockdown from Covid19 comes this gem. About an unbidden plague. The science is interesting. The politics is only too believable. The final sentence says it all. It’s long and it’s dense. It’s funny and suspenseful. I listened solidly and got through it in 2 sessions. I loved it. You will too.

Talk About Prescient

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I have never enjoyed a book as much as this. So appreciate for this time and what we are experiencing

Very appreciate for this time

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It's very well put together and 85% plausible. The final twist was predictable as it is an actual concern of health experts but is never mentioned all through the book

a very bleak story.

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In the era of World pandemic an apt and gripping tale with a great twist.

Exceptional

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Excellent narration and frighteningly topical. Political paranoia, research gone wrong, climate change. Read and worry.

Chilling

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Really hard read in the current climate but definitely worth the effort, especially for the final sentence.

Has its flaws but its worth the ending

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The story is so relevant to today. I was hooked from the very start. Good main character.

Amazing Book

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