Tess gerritsen
- 2. Tess Gerritsen By: Laurynas Mažeika 8c
- 4. About the author • Born June 12, 1953 • Chinese-American novelist • Sold over 25 millions copies • Her real name is Terry • In 1996 published her first book • Also wrote: Harvest (1996) The Surgeon (2001) Life Support (2009) Bloodstream (2009)
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- 7. Plot This book is about Emma Watson, an astronaut working for NASA. She is going to ISS with several other people. When they get onboard, a Japaneses astronaut, worked with labaratory rat expierments, died. Aftera few days more people feeled sick and died. The autopsy reveals that the virus is a form of bioterrorism. When they looked on dead japanese astronaut corpse hash. It was pulsing like a life creature is inside the corpse. After inspecting the DNA of the virus, research showed that is is made from 3 diffrent life form: amphibian, labaratory mouse and japanese astronaut. This virus can evolve into anything it kills and in a few weeks destroy whole human civilization. Emma understood that this virus is not from earth. And she last of the ISS crew, infected
- 8. Word list: • Treath (n) - Something that is a source of danger - Pavojus • Physician (n) - Doctor - Gydytojas • Rapidly (adj) - Fast - Greitai (pasikartoti) • Crippled (adj) - Paralyze - Paralyžuotas • Quarantined (v) - Isolate – izoliuoti • Menacing (adj) - Threatening - Grėsmingas • Embittered - Susierzinusi • Sideline (n) - Nuošalė • Dissection (n) - Dissection - Skrodimas