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White Plague

White Plague

by Frank Herbert

Biological weaponsFictionMisogynyFiction, science fiction, generalBiological warfare
3.5
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

What if women were an endangered species? It begins in Ireland, but soon spreads throughout the entire world: a virulent new disease expressly designed to target only women. As fully half of the human race dies off at a frightening pace and life on Earth faces extinction, panicked people and governments struggle to cope with the global crisis. Infected areas are quarantined or burned to the ground. The few surviving women are locked away in hidden reserves, while frantic doctors and scientists race to find a cure. Anarchy and violence consume the planet. The plague is the work of a solitary individual who calls himself the Madman. As government security forces feverishly hunt for the renegade scientist, he wanders incognito through a world that will never be the same. Society, religion, and morality are all irrevocably transformed by the White Plague.

Themes & subjects

Biological weaponsFictionMisogynyFiction, science fiction, generalBiological warfareScience fiction

Setting

IrelandContemporary

About the author

Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert

8 October 1920 – 11 February 1986

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the series is a classic of the science-fiction genre. The series has been adapted numerous times, including the feature film David Lynch's Dune (1984), the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Children of Dune (2003), and a motion picture trilogy currently in production, with Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (202…

Author

Frank Herbert

Pages

501

Read time

≈ 13h

Editions

22

Languages

English, French

Publisher

Berkley

ISBN

9780399127229

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