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AUTHOR Richard Preston PUBLISHER RandomHouse DATE OF PUBLICATION 1994 Setting Thesetting g takes place in two major places. Reston Marylandwhich is a suburb of Washington DC. and the second majorarea is in Kenya Africa. The story takes place in the 1980s.Main Characters Since this story is a veritable story there is noone character that is a briny character. The author does notcreate the story around any one main character so Ill just listevery character I can remember from the book. 1. CharlesMonet He was the first host to the deadly ebola virus gaolbreak in Africa. He was 56 years old and was kind of aloner according to the authors interviews with people. 2. Dr.Mosoke He was Charles Monets doctor when Charlescrashed and bled out which means when the host unawaresstarts bleeding infectious blood out of every orifice in thebody. 3. Nancy Jaax She was a veterinary pathologist at amilitary fort in Maryland.. 4. Jerry Jaax He was aveterinarian and husband to Nancy Jaax. 5. Peter Jah rlingHe was a disease expert at Fort Detrick 6. Gene JohnsonHe was in wind up of the Reston operation. He also was thediscoverer of Ebola Sudan. 7. Nun The Nuns name wasunknown but she had the very first recorded case of EbolaZaire which is the most dangerous of the leash strains.Summary This is a true story. On New Years Day 1980 aman named Charles Monet went on a trip with a girl friendof his up to Mnt. Elgon in West Kenya. They spent the nightthere and went to a l...