Outbreak (novel)

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Outbreak

First edition (US)
Author	Robin Cook
Cover artist	David O'Connor
Language	English
Publisher	Putnam (US) Macmillan (UK)
Publication date	1987
Media type	Print
Pages	366
ISBN	9780425106877
Preceded by	Mindbend
Followed by	Mortal Fear

Outbreak is a 1987 medical thriller written by Robin Cook. It follows Dr. Melissa Blumenthal, an epidemiologist researching an Ebola virus outbreak in the United States. As she dives into its origin and spread, she uncovers that all is not what it seems.

This book is unrelated to the 1995 movie with a similar plot also called Outbreak.^[1] In 1995, the book was adapted into a film and released under the title "Robin Cook's Virus", later renamed Formula for Death, starring Nicollette Sheridan and William Devane.^[2]

When the director of a Los Angeles health maintenance clinic succumbs to an untreatable and aggressive virus that kills him and seven of his patients, the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta responds with a state of high alert. The virus must be brought under control to prevent an outbreak on par with the Black Death.

Assigned by the CDC to investigate the virus, Dr. Marissa Blumenthal is soon caught up in the extreme crisis. The California case is merely the first in a series of outbreaks that occur in unrelated geographical areas but with its own set of commonalities; the locations are always health-care facilities, and the victims are only physicians and their patients. As her investigation is accompanied by twists and turns, Marissa finds that behind the natural threat is the possibility of human sabotage.

• Cook, Robin. (1987) Outbreak. ISBN 9780425106877

• Robincook.com

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