Also traveling the dangerous country roads of Ireland is the perpetrator, who is mentally unhinged but the target of an intensive manhunt because only he knows how to end the holocaust he began. Civil war and terrible cruelty haunt their steps. We follow the travails of a young couple, a (male) medical student and his nursing student girlfriend who wander the countryside trying to avoid contamination that would lead to her death. Most of the plot takes place in Ireland, a country hard-hit as the first target of the biologist’s revenge. It is also an exceedingly well-written story, though Herbert’s style for conveying action is sometimes obtuse. The White Plague is long and thought-provoking, delving into morality and the meaning of insanity. It’s moody, complex, deeply psychological, political and apocalyptic, and certainly bears little resemblance to the potato-chippy quick snacks that most contemporary thrillers are. In terms of style, The White Plague has much in common with Dune. Yes, the author is the same Frank Herbert who wrote the science fiction classic Dune.
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