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A 'page-turning thriller' of biological terror
Annie Jacobsen's new book imagines a genetically modified airborne bacterium as a bioterrorism threat, inspired by a real Soviet 'chimera program.' A former UK government adviser praised it as a compelling thriller and a more informative briefing than one received in Downing Street.
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