Code Alpha

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0843941928. No disease was more deadly or enigmatic than the genetically engineered virus known as Saint Vitus. Within seconds after infecting its victim, the neurotoxin caused massive hemorrhaging, madness, convulsions, and inevitably.death. Tests showed the airborne virus was 400 times as lethal as conventional neurotoxin s - with characteristics that made it ideal for covert biological warfare. Since it's unauthorized 'birth', the virus known as Saint Vitus has been the U.S. Army's best-kept secret--until its theft. I n the hands of the Middle East's most dangerous terrorist, Saint Vitus became a terrible weapon with truly unlimited potential for destruction. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, a desperate President ordered all military resources directed at the virus's destruction - even if that meant unleashing a thermonuclear hell..