Anderson has some serious writing chops, and he delivers a page turner that is at once a medical thriller, cyberpunk romp and provocative tease.
The Patron Saint of Plagues is a cinematic, futuristic techno-thriller with smarts and heart.
Impossible to put down.--Philadelphia Weekly Press
"A smart, fun, and imminently readable book."--Maureen McHugh, author of China Mountain Zhang
"Barth Anderson's inventive viral emergency may be set in the near-future of saints and cyborgs, but it has a persuasive real-world urgency. He nails the gritty essence of disease detection: frustration, exhaustion, obsession."--Maryn McKenna, author of Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
This is Barth Anderson's debut novel, and it's a stunner. I'm reminded of Richard Morgan's first book , not only because of Anderson's similar assured tone and style and ideational audacity, but also for his desire to get down in the guts of his future and really probe the micro-workings of his extrapolations. This is a book of high verisimilitude and exacting precision.--Paul di Filippo, Science Fiction Weekly
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