In a Veil of Mist (eBook)

Donald S Murray (Autor)

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2022
288 Seiten
Saraband (Verlag)
978-1-915089-60-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A haunting exploration of the Cold War arms race that tells the story of a true, covered-up germ warfare incident in a remote part of Scotland, involving the US, Canadian, and UK governments.NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEOperation Cauldron, 1952: Top-secret germ warfare experiments on monkeys and guinea pigs are taking place aboard a vessel moored off the Isle of Lewis. Local villagers Jessie and Duncan encounter strange sights on the deserted beach nearby and suspect the worst. And one government scientist wrestles with his own inner anguish over the testing, struggling to navigate the moral arguments for and against such dangerous testing and extreme deterrent weapons. When a noxious cloud of plague bacteria is released into the path of a passing trawler, disaster threatens. Will a deadly pandemic be inevitable?A haunting exploration of the costs and fallout of warmongering, Donald S Murray follows his prize-winning first novel with an equally moving exploration of another little-known incident in the Outer Hebridean island where he grew up.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.9.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1950s • Biological agents • Biological Warfare • biosecurity • Bioweapons • Cold War • disaster • Hebrides • Highlands • Historical • historical, exposé, Cold War, biosecurity, biological weapons, biological warfare, based on a true story, Isle of Lewis, Scottish islands, Hebrides, gentle, evocative, haunting, poignant, minch, shiant islands, US government, UK government, british isles, great britain, canada, conspiracy germ warfare, pandemic, island life, animal welfare, Liverpool, Paul Torday, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Western isles, Gaelic, gaidhealtachd, bubonic plague, toxic gas, vivisection, animal testing, Stornoway, Lewis, Ness, t • History • Islands • Lewis • McCarry • Navy • Operation Cauldron • outbreak • Outer Hebrides • Pandemic • Plague • Royal Navy • Science • Scotland • Ships
• ISBN-10: 1-915089-60-3 / 1915089603
• ISBN-13: 978-1-915089-60-1 / 9781915089601