The White Plague by Frank Herbert Publisher: Tor Year: 1982 Paperback Audiobook Kindle

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From Science fiction grandmaster Frank Herbert, creator of the Dune universe, comes this novel of bioterrorism and gendercide.

What if women were an endangered species?

It begins in Ireland, but soon spreads throughout the entire world: a virulent new disease expressly designed to target only women. As fully half of the human race dies off at a frightening pace and life on Earth faces extinction, panicked people and governments struggle to cope with the global crisis. Infected areas are quarantined or burned to the ground. The few surviving women are locked away in hidden reserves, while frantic doctors and scientists race to find a cure. Anarchy and violence consume the planet.

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• Jim Acosta
• Margot Adler
• H. P. Albarelli Jr.
• Madeleine Albright
• Steve and Karen Alexander
• Svetlana Alexievich
• Joseph Minton Amann
• Ted Andrews
• Anonymous
• Delores Ashcroft Norwicki
• Isaac Asimov
• Margaret Atwood
• John Avlon