The 11th Plague is a compelling medical thriller that describes a biological warfare attack on the United States to keep it out of a war in the Middle East. The novel follows a heart-stopping search to identify both the mysterious microorganism that is attacking the US and the person or persons who have perpetrated this conspiracy. " . . . the mysterious epizootic has killed 45,000 in two days. At this rate, the computer projects 3,000,000 fatalities a month and national extinction within a year." (NY Times Book Review, January 20, 1974)
The 11th Plague was originally published in hardcover in 1973 by Simon and Schuster, Inc. under L. T. Peters (a pseudonym for the writing team of Jo-Ann Klainer and Albert S. Klainer, MD). The novel received an outstanding review by the New York Times at the time of publication and went on to be published in the UK by Secker and Warburg Ltd. It was subsequently published in paperback in the UK by Mayflower Books Ltd. and in the US by Pinnacle Books under the authors given names.
