叠测听Millicent Eidson听(Psych'79)
(Maya Maguire Media,听340 pages; 2021)
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The spectacular southwestern desert is alive with听Bacillus anthracis听spores, and the summer is the hottest on record. As a new veterinary epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Maya Maguire confronts the largest, most complex anthrax outbreak in U.S. history.
Infections in persons of color and immigration activists resonate with Maya鈥檚 search, as a Chinese American adoptee, for a place in her American home. Younger than her fellow trainees and battling panic disorder from a horrific childhood accident, she struggles to solve an epidemic mystery in a physician-dominated public health world. From her home base in New Mexico, CDC sends her to join a federal team in Arizona, including provocative physician Dr. Manolo Miranda and tightlipped veterinarian Dr. Dave Schwartz.
The epidemic is linked to climate change鈥攖hat鈥檚 the party line. But Homeland Security agents and the FBI are suspicious. Dave鈥檚 an anthrax expert and spores match his home Texas Triangle of Death.
An invisible enemy, team secrets, and romantic missteps may derail Maya鈥檚 confidence. If she can鈥檛 find the source, thousands could perish from anthrax-laced heroin and tainted milk.听Anthracis听takes us to the front lines with scientists betting their lives and relationships on the investigation outcome.