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    Dead On Arrival: A Novel

    By Matt Richtel

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    “MICHAEL CRICHTON meets STEPHEN KING at their finest … with the creepiest opening I’ve ever read.” — Lisa Gardner * “Joins the ranks of classic paranoid thrillers about human achievement run amok, with STEPHEN KING’s The Stand and Michael Crichton’s Terminal Man.” — Joseph Finder * “A heart-stopping thriller. … a must-read for MICHAEL CRICHTON fans.” — Dallas Morning News * “Similar in atmosphere and style to MICHAEL CRICHTON and STEPHEN KING. ... A race-against-the-clock thriller.” — Booklist

    FLIGHT 194 LANDED.

    SOMETHING LETHAL AWAITS OUTSIDE.

    THIS IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

    An airplane touches down at a desolate airport in a remote Colorado ski town. Shortly after landing, Dr. Lyle Martin, a world-class infectious disease specialist, is brusquely awakened to shocking news: Everyone not on the plane appears to be dead. The world has gone dark. While they were in the air, a lethal new kind of virus surfaced, threatening mankind's survival, and now Martin—one of the most sought-after virologists on the planet until his career took a precipitous slide—is at the center of the investigation.

    Moving at lightning pace from the snowbound Rockies to the secret campus of Google X, where unlimited budgets may be producing wonders beyond our capacity to control, Dead on Arrival is a brilliantly imaginative, intricately plotted thriller that draws on Matt Richtel's years of science and technology reporting for the New York Times, and establishes him as one of the premier thriller writers working today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9780062443298
    Author

    Matt Richtel

    Matt Richtel is a reporter at the New York Times. He received the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for a series of articles about distracted driving that he expanded into his first nonfiction book, A Deadly Wandering, a New York Times bestseller. His second nonfiction book, An Elegant Defense, on the human immune system, was a national bestseller and chosen by Bill Gates for his annual Summer Reading List. Richtel has appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air, CBS This Morning, PBS NewsHour, and other major media outlets. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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    • 2/5
      This is kind of a throw away made-for-tv for one of the cheaper channels kind of book, an ok thriller that started out ok, but didn't pan out.The book opens with an airliner landing in Steamboat Springs Colorado, despite having been unable to establish contact with the radio tower, or anyone else on the ground for that matter. As they approach the terminal, the pilot, Eleanor, sees several people lying on the ground apparently unconscious or dead. Fortunately (tongue in cheek), there is an infectious disease control expert on board, and Eleanor asks him to investigate. He believes it looks like everyone not aboard the plane is dead, perhaps the result of some unknown fast acting virus that has erupted.This first chapter drew me in, but the book got progressively less believable, and there were lots of things that didn't make sense. There is one entirely unbelievable character, Jerry the copilot, whose antics kept interrupting and semblance of plausibility for the plot.Not recommended.1 1/2 stars
    • 2/5
      More concept than compelling. The author had a good idea, but it just never quite came together for me and the crazy stalker was too cliched and felt like a way to minimize an otherwise smart woman. In fact, nearly every smart, powerful female character in this book ended up being minimized and/or victimized. Sigh. A resounding "meh".
    • 4/5
      When an airliner touches down at a remote Colorado airport, Doctor Lyle Martin, a renowned infectious disease specialist, awakens to shocking news. Everyone not on the plane appears to be dead. It seems that, while they were in the air, a deadly virus surfaced to threaten the very survival of mankind. And Lyle, once a virologist at the top of his profession, now finds himself in the center of the investigation. At its core, “Dead on Arrival” is a heart-stopping thriller offering an ominous message wrapped in a race against time. Well-developed, interesting characters people a narrative that is intricately-plotted, imaginative, and brimming with mystery and suspense. The opening scene in this unputdownable tale grabs readers and the story keeps them riveted until the last page. “Dead on Arrival” continually ratchets up the tension and keeps readers on the edge chairs until the final unexpected reveal. Don’t miss this one.Highly recommended.