Fawcett, New York, 2002, 1st pr thus.  ISBN 0-345-44338-1.  MMPB, 366 pages followed by References and excerpt from next book.  Very light edge wear, some reading creases, sound binding with a slight lean.  Inscribed by author to prior owner on title page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  ‘On an isolated stretch of highway in Oahu, a woman cradles her dying son in her arms.  In the days that follow, an autopsy draws a shocking conclusion: the boy, his lungs filled with blood, died of a disease previously found only in birds. … While a powerful company is using genetic breakthroughs to create disease-resistant super crops, activists warn that new DNA strains will wreak havoc on the environment.  But no one suspects that the controversy is making a far more frightening human threat – one that could lead to the deadliest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed upon the world.’ (from rear wrap)