TY  - BOOK
AU  - Follett,Ken
TI  - Whiteout
SN  - 0451215710
AV  - PR 6056 F667w 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - A signet books
KW  - Pharmaceutical industry- fiction
KW  - Animal rights activists- fiction
KW  - Security consultants- fiction
KW  - Industria farmaceutica
KW  - Ficción
KW  - Derechos de los animales activistas
KW  - Seguridad consultores
N2  - When a canister of a deadly virus disappears and a lab technician starts bleeding from the eyes, Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems. When a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, a group meets in a remote family house: Stanley Oxenford, the research company's director, who has developed a drug to fight the virus; his children who have their eyes on the money it will bring; Toni Gallo who is betting her career on keeping the drug safe; a local television reporter determined to the get the story, even if it means bending the facts; and a violent trio of thugs out to steal the drug for a client who has something shocking in mind. As the storm worsens, jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, and rivalries crackle; secrets are revealed and hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge
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