It reads like a techno/medical thriller, but is the true story of the Marburg virus and its even more deadly relative, Ebola. I first read this book years ago, and remember how repulsed and frightened (and yet, unable to stop reading) I was. Just today I picked it up again and all those feelings returned.

Early in the book, the author points out thanks to modern aircraft, any virus outbreak is 24 hours from anywhere else in the world. The only small miracle (if you want to call it that) is that Ebola kills so quickly that seldom do people get that far...

Read this book. You'll never look at a monkey the same way again.