The Andromeda Strain: Summary
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The book I read was Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain. It is a science
fiction story about an outbreak of a deadly airborne virus. The virus came
from an experimental satellite named Scoop VII. The satellite landed in a
small town in northwestern Arizona named Piedmont. There were only 2
surv ....
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.... the program. The second part was to build a major research and
containment facility where a microorganism could be isolated. They named
the facility Wildfire.
The outbreak starts when two people are sent out to search for Scoop VII.
When the two men sent neared Piedmont they noticed vultures circling the
town, watching, waiting. At their last check point there was only a scream
and static as the virus took two more lives.
Hours later a military helicopter with Jeremy Stone and Charle ....
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