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    Dogs

    By Nancy Kress

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    In this original bio-thriller from the author of Beggars in Spain, the threat of terrorism and biological warfare is all too real when the danger comes from a family’s most cherished pets.

    Tessa Sanderson, ex-FBI agent, has moved to a sleepy Maryland town to escape her tragic past. When the town’s beloved dogs begin viciously attacking pet owners and their children, federal CDC agents determine that the dogs are carrying a mutated flu affecting the aggression center of their brains, for which there is no known cure. Tessa offers her unofficial assistance to Animal Control Officer Jess Langstrom, who has been ordered to round up all the dogs and quarantine them. Meanwhile, some of the locals, unconvinced of the threat, are preparing to protect their pets by any means necessary. But Tessa, the widow of an Arab who roused the suspicions of her FBI colleagues, has another secret: Someone is sending her threatening e-mails in Arabic that claim responsibility for the virus, and she resolves to go deep undercover to expose a deadly conspiracy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTachyon Publications
    Release dateJul 1, 2008
    ISBN9781616961190
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    Nancy Kress

    Nancy Kress is the author of more than thirty books, including novels, short story collections, and nonfiction books about writing. Her work has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. She expanded two of her Nebula Award winners into successful trilogies: the novella Yesterday's Kin into a trilogy (Tomorrow's Kin, If Tomorrow Comes, and Terran Tomorrow), and the novelette "The Flowers of Aulit Prison" into the Probability Trilogy. Kress’s work has been translated into two dozen languages, including Klingon, none of which she can read. She lives in Seattle with her husband, writer Jack Skillingstead, and Cosette, the world’s most spoiled toy poodle.

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    • 4/5
      Normally well-behaved dogs are suddenly turning vicious. Now the town is under quarantine, and under siege, as the desperate search for a cure--and the cause--is underway. Some people want to kill all the dogs, even the uninfected, others to save them, still others just want the truth.
    • 3/5
      Nancy Kress writes tense novels about the wide-ranging societal consequences of a small technological or biological development. In this short (>300pgs), contemporary thriller, a sudden outbreak infects dogs and drives them into a vicious frenzy. The small American town of Taylor is ground zero, and the novel follows several very different characters living there, including a young boy who hides his dog, a redneck who joins the anti-animal-control underground, and a young nurse. The two main characters are Jess, an animal control officer, and Tessa, an FBI agent who left the agency after her Arabic husband's death.

      This felt a bit like two novels. One half was about the outbreak: how do people react when animals they trust jump for their throats? Several of the small-town folk seem more like caricatures than human; the two anti-animal-control militia members are stupid and narrow-minded in ways I have trouble accepting. The other half was written better, but less interesting: just a basic spy thriller. All in all, an enjoyable, exciting book--I read it in a single sitting.
    • 4/5
      I really liked this book. It was a fun, fast read. The plot was intriguing, the basic idea original. It kept me entertained in two waiting rooms and during one sucky afternoon.

      I'm not a fan of the gut wrenching thrillers where the hero goes through almost pointless torture from multiple directions. I like a thriller where there is a puzzle to solve and many obstacles to overcome along the way. I like to ask myself, "How is she going to get out of this?" not "Is she going to get out of this?" I like to have confidence in my main character. This book was like that.
    • 4/5
      Great story. Lots of action and great characters.
    • 5/5
      I really liked this. Gripping, interesting, believable enough for fiction... Like a Crichton novel only with well written characters. I could absolutely imagine this being made into a summer blockbuster action movie - and I definitely mean that as a compliment.