The Romanov cross
Masello, Robert, 1952-2014
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Almost a century ago, a desperate young woman crawled ashore a desolate Arctic island carrying a mysterious emerald-encrusted cross and a terrible secret. In the present day, Army epidemiologist Frank Slater is facing a court-martial, but after his punishment is mysteriously lifted, Slater is offered a job no one else wants - to travel to a small island off the coast of Alaska and investigate a potentially lethal phenomenon: the permafrost has begun to melt, exposing bodies from a colony that was wiped out by the dreaded Spanish flu of 1918. Frank must determine if the thawed remains still carry the deadly virus in their frozen flesh and, if so, ensure that it doesn't come back to life.
Main title:
The Romanov cross / Robert Masello.
Author:
Masello, Robert, 1952-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2014.London : Vintage Books, 2014.
Collation:
495 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Bantam Books, 2013.
ISBN:
9780099587835 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6THRFICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1489235