{"product_id":"9781612870748","title":"The Last Vial","description":"Armchair fiction presents extra large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. \"The Last Vial,\" written by Sam McClatchie, M.D., is a grim statement about the possibilities of biological warfare. The year was 1962. John McDonald was a veteran of the Korean War and now maintained a quiet career as a pathologist. Upon his return from a much-needed vacation, he found his co-workers struggling with the after-effects of a sudden and overwhelming flu epidemic that had struck the entire North American continent. Careful analysis showed that this was no ordinary flu virus, but a man-made mutation that was unleashed on America's West Coast and quickly distributed across the continent. Was it the communists, or someone else? Whoever it was, they had started a quiet but deadly game of germ warfare and it was up to the recently reinstated Colonel McDonald to find the perpetrators-and the antidote!","brand":"Armchair Fiction \u0026 Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049279045872,"sku":"9781612870748","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612870748_p0.jpg?v=1763846933","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612870748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}