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The strength of the novel is the eerie suspense that Case sustains by revealing only enough about the Korean plot and the Temple of Light cult to keep the reader fully engaged and wanting more. While Case doesn't spend much time delving into the lives and motivations of his characters, the Spanish flu is the real star. Case propels the novel with the constant reminder that a new plague is on the verge of exploding, and his several enigmatic subplots keep you turning the pages and praying that this is only fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley
Occasionally, though, the research is disturbing--as worrisome as it is interesting. Such was the case with The First Horseman, whose plot turns upon the ease with which America might be devastated by a person or group with access to biological weapons--and a deep grudge. When I began the research, I knew the possibility was scary, but I thought it was also quite remote.
As I soon found out, however, the possibility is anything but remote. Biological weapons are dirt-cheap, easy to acquire, and completely destructive--nature's very own neutron-bomb. With $2000 and two years of science classes, a highly-functioning madman could probably take a big chunk out of the Big Apple. And there isn't a city in the U.S. that's prepared to cope with the threat--neither New York nor Washington, Pittsburgh or Peoria. In fact, a chemical or biological attack on a single
high-rise--just one building--would paralyze New York's hospitals and health care system, and do so almost immediately. A broader attack--by crop duster or pleasure-boat on the Hudson--is....well, that's why I wrote The First Horseman.
--John Case
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