Olduvai Countdown

Olduvai Countdown A Compelling Medical Thriller In The Tradition Of Michael Crichton Robin Cook And Michael Palmer Tells The Story Of Jack Cann A World-Renown Virologist Tired Of Navigating The Arcane Politics Of A Highbrow Ivy League School Who Returns To His Midwestern Kansas Roots To Lead The Quiet Life Of A University Professor. His Utopian Plan Is Interrupted When An African Village In The Olduvai Region Of Africa Is Consumed By Death In A Few Hours. This Isolated Incident In A Remote Region Devolves Into Worldwide Chaos As Death Sweeps Across Africa Like A Serengeti Grass Fire.. Jack And His Asian-American Wife Anthropologist Marla Qui Lead A Team From The Cdc Trying Desperately To Identify The Maladya Suspected Genetically-Mutated Virus Created By The North Koreansand Find A Cure Before It Decimates The Western Hemisphere. What They Discover Is More Terrifying Than Any Virus: A Lethal Genetic Mutation Present Since The Dawn Of Evolution That Threatens All Of Civilization And Leaves Them Racing Against The Clock To Save Their Own Lives.