The Viral Storm
Nathan D. Wolfe, Wolfe Nathan D
  • Published: 3 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141939339
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

The Viral Storm

The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

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The enthralling and disturbing study of global pandemics - from 'the world's most prominent virus-hunter' (New Yorker)

The threat of a global pandemic is greater than we have ever imagined. In this profound and alarming book, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe - known as 'the Indiana Jones of virus hunters' for his work in jungles and rain forests across the world - examines how viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu have almost wiped us out in the past - and may do so in the future.

The Viral Storm explores why modern life makes us so vulnerable to global pandemics, and what new technologies can do to prevent them. Wolfe's provocative vision may leave you feeling distinctly uncomfortable - but it will reveal exactly what it is we are up against.
  • Published: 3 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141939339
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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Praise for The Viral Storm

Nathan Wolfe is saving the world from near-inevitable pandemic ... a kick-ass book

Mary Roach, author of Stiff

An excellent piece of scientific gothic, rich in descriptions of the threat we face from emerging viruses ... thought-provoking

Nature

Part autobiography, part warning ... enthralling

BBC Focus

Quietly terrifying ... It's hard not to feel a bit feverish at times while reading

Boston Globe

Wolfe has an important story to tell and as a virologist at the forefront of pandemic forecasting, he is the perfect person to tell it. He explains the science clearly and never stoops to sensationalism - the evidence of our increasing vulnerability to pandemics speaks for itself

Guardian

The world's most prominent virus hunter

New Yorker

The plague-ridden future imagined by this authoritative, measured, yet gripping book is extremely alarming

Sunday Times

A good place to start preparing for what might come

New Humanist