Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Rating Explanation

Language: A few swear words

Violence: Character is kidnapped and held as a hostage, he fights with kidnappers in an effort to escape. Brief contemplation of suicide.

Sexual Content: VD and STDs mentioned in a science class discussion of contagious diseases.

Adult Themes: Bio-terrorism and the possibility of an attack on the United States. Graphic description of small pox symptoms.

Synopsis

Mitty Blake has to write a term paper on an infectious disease – could anything be more boring? Once he discovers an old small pox scab in a medical book, things aren’t so boring anymore. Mitty inadvertently alerts a terrorist group online that he has the scab. In an effort to use him as a biological weapon and infect the citizens of New York, they kidnap him and infect him with the virus. Mitty is determined to survive and stop the attack. Will he make it in time?

An enjoyable read.

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