Viral, James Lilliefors
Viral, James Lilliefors
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Viral

Author: James Lilliefors

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2012

Synopsis

In remote pockets of the Third World, a deadly virus is quietly sweeping through impoverished farming villages and shanty towns with frightening speed and potency. In West Africa, an undercover dissident journalist learns of an investment consortium planning to funnel billions of dollars into the continent. Before he can publicize details, he is savagely murdered. And in Washington, a three-word message left in a safe deposit box may be the thread that connects these seemingly unrelated incidents—if, that is, two brothers can decipher it before time runs out. Charles Mallory, a private intelligence contractor and former CIA operative, begins to discover the traces of a secret war, with a bold objective—to create a new, technologically advanced, and lucrative society in an unlikely region of Africa; a model civilization able to solve the age-old, seemingly insoluble problems that plague many Third World nations. With the help of his brother, Jon, can he break the story to the world before it is too late—before the "humane depopulation" takes place? As the stakes and strategies of this secret war become more evident, the Mallory brothers find themselves in a complex game of wits with an enemy they can't see: a new sort of superpower led by a brilliant, elusive tactician who believes that ends justify means.

About James Lilliefors

James Lilliefors is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Washington Post, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere. He attended the University of Iowa and the University of Virginia, where he was a Henry Hoyns Fiction Writing Fellow. He currently lives in Florida.

About Peter Berkrot

Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over 450 audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimbra on September 25, 2012

I really wanted to like this book. The premise was exciting. I expected the story to bring me face to face with disturbing questions of morality and human nature where modern science collides with geopolitical instability in the developing world. I thought I would be staying up all night to read thi......more

Goodreads review by Mary on September 15, 2012

When I finished my first thought was "Wow!" It is a thriller and kept my interest from beginning to end. It took me longer to read it that it would have only because I got company twice while reading it and I had to take some time off from my reading each time for about a week each...but I didn't wa......more

Goodreads review by Nelson Meaker on January 08, 2015

A very Good Read on Several levels Complex story involving bioterrorism in Africa, intelligence agencies in U.S., a father whose knowing that watching carefully over those who have access to these horrors got him killed. And a story of two sons after years apart working together to prevent a monstrou......more

Goodreads review by Mysterytribune on March 18, 2012

Viral is probably one of the most refreshing thrillers we reviewed this year. Planning to be released by Soho Press on April 10, this is a story that takes you from Washington D.C. to the heart of Africa, Switzerland and Streets of Berlin. A Brief Summary: In remote areas of a not very known African c......more

Goodreads review by H.E. on June 09, 2013

I gave this book two stars because the author obviously writes well. That's the good part. I gave it only two stars because anyone who writes a book about viruses—especially with this title—should know about viruses, or at least do the research on viral properties, incubation, propagation, symptoms,......more

Quotes

“Viral is a world-class thriller. It doesn’t get any more real than this. Lilliefors has created one of the most compelling novels of international espionage I’ve come across in a long time.” Vince Flynn, New York Times bestselling author

“James Lilliefors, a brand new thriller writer on the scene, has opened with a bang with his first novel, Viral.  With the Mallory brothers, Charles and Jon, the insanity that Jim has brilliantly portrayed becomes all too sharply urgent—and certainly timely.  Hats off!” David Hagberg, New York Times bestelling author of The Expediter

“A crackling good story, so realistic that it’s scary. Lilliefors is right up there with the best thriller writers.” Ben Bova, six-time Hugo Award–winning author of the Grand Tour series

“Fans of intelligently written page-turners will be rewarded.” Publishers Weekly

“An ambitious thriller; its villains, no ordinary terrorists, are determined to create a new world (even if it means wiping out a large portion of its population). Solidly plotted and featuring a unique pair of protagonists—you don’t often find a team of brothers as action heroes—the book is sure to appeal to fans of thrillers with Big Ideas and capital-V villains. A sequel is in the works, which is a good thing: readers will leave the book wanting to see more of Charles and Jon.” Booklist

“Lilliefors’ debut thriller doesn’t slow down until the last page…This one will keep you up at night.” Romantic Times (4½ star review)

“Technologically modernizes Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal.” Mystery Gazette

“Lilliefors provides enough twists to keep the pages turning. He also manages to develop and humanize his characters including some of the villains.” Gumshoe Review

“This cautionary tale can make your blood run cold…Lilliefors is an author to watch.” Crimespree

“Software billionaires, media moguls, government henchmen, and a beautiful bio-chem warfare expert enter and exit the story in a whirl of action with all of it leading to a suspenseful race to stop a crime, the magnitude of which is off the scale.” Suspense Magazine

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