{"product_id":"biological-war-by-annie-jacobsen-9781911742036","title":"Biological War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an invisible weapon among us. By the time you know you are a victim, it has turned you into a killer. A blistering new non-fiction thriller from the Baillie Gifford shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eNuclear War\u003c\/em\u003e (200,000 copies sold).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this essential new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen examines this very scenario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt would be only a matter of days before the infrastructure built to handle this gravest of situations would be in a battle for survival. The fallout: mass death, societal breakdown, widespread insurrection, anarchy, and a plague-ravaged wasteland that no longer resembles modern civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no mushroom cloud, no shock wave or blast. Instead, the scenario that could end the world as we know it begins with something so small and malicious, that when used for evil, only evil can result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is what could happen; a roadmap to the hours, days, and weeks following the release of a biological agent, that serves as the most essential, forward-looking journalism in preparation for urgent societal upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47638409478380,"sku":"9781911742036","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781911742036-biological-war.jpg?v=1779068689","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/biological-war-by-annie-jacobsen-9781911742036","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}