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- Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2002Evaluation of: The Hot Zone
The novel The Hot Zone took place in the early 1980's when a man named Charles Monet became ill with a the deadly virus called Ebola in Kenya where he lived and worked. He had recently visited a famous cave with his friend that had been suspected by researchers that may have been the cause of the appearance of the illness. He flew to the United States for help by some professional doctors. The disease increased becoming more of a fatality for Charles Monet. He went through a series of stages causing him to become closer to death. He infected a doctor who was trying to help him in the emergency room and possibly some people that were around him. The Ebola virus caused Charles Monet to get a severe headache, nausea, and get a fever. The later stages are constantly throwing up blood and hemorrhaging that soon causes death. Year's later; scientists tested the Ebola virus as well as the Mar burg virus on monkeys. The virus was under control for a while until it soon traveled through the air and infected the entire building. The scientists couldn't stop it nor cure it. Many of them as well as innocent people caught the virus and died shortly. In the later 1980's the virus suddenly died down and hasn't been seen since. These viruses today still haven't been cured for people who have been infected by it, but scientists are still researching. So far no evidence of the virus has been detected.
I felt this novel was very explanatory and a book I would always recommend. It had so much detail that I couldn't consume enough of it. "Pools of blood spread around him, enlarging rapidly." (Preston 24) Reading those words as well as the rest of the page made me fully visualize the incident in a way I never imagined. "Staring at the worms...they saw snakes, pigtails, branchy, forked thing..." (Preston 117) As I read on, I felt my skin creeping up because the thought of being within any distance of the virus would probably cause me to go into shock.
I recommend The Hot Zone to those who are around the age of twelve and older because it is a very intense book that you can learn a lot from if you are in that area of studying viruses. It will leave you under the covers at night, but will intrigue you to read on because this is a true story that will always be remembered for the virus can erupt again someday. This novel would be of good use if someone is doing a research project on the Ebola or mar burg virus and the people who were involved with it as well because it holds a large quantity of information.
