{"product_id":"the-icemans-curse-paperback","title":"The Iceman's Curse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary F. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mysterious, 1200 year-old corpse and a sudden outbreak of a fatal viral disease in a snow-bound Wisconsin village has the CDC scrambling as eccentric townspeople and drug mules put all involved in jeopardy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a 1,200-year-old corpse called the Iceman is discovered in the Alps, a Swiss professor, to avoid regulations, smuggles the samples into the United States. When a blizzard diverts the professor's flight to Chicago, Customs is hectic, and the professor mistakenly swaps his suitcase with Frank, a drug mule. A snow storm forces the professor to stop in the hamlet of Kirby, Wisconsin. He has no idea that he's carrying drugs and that his life is in jeopardy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between dangerous drug mules and infected tissue samples, many lives in the snow-bound village are in jeopardy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary F. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired veterinarian with a PhD in microbiology and an interest in history. He'd heard of outbreaks of hemorrhagic viral diseases in Europe during the dark ages. The victims and the epidemics died out quickly, and their causes remain unknown. Enter the Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummified corpse discovered in the Alps. What if another Iceman, one from around 800 AD were discovered, an Iceman who had died of a hemorrhagic virus? Combine that with the eccentricities of people Jones met in his small-town veterinary practice, and he recognized a story waiting to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697309585471,"sku":"9781952782787","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d304a2725665199604cefb7faceda115.webp?v=1765009079","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-icemans-curse-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}