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Premise labels used: bioterrorism, bioweapon attack, medical investigation, mysterious deaths, terror plot, forensic investigation, revenge plot, extremist alliance

Setting labels used: New York City, 1990s, post-Soviet, urban, medical examiner setting, laboratory setting, clinical setting, bioweapons research, Soviet Union

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Outbreak

Robin Cook · 1988 · Dr. Marissa Blumenthal

A young CDC doctor investigates linked Ebola outbreaks across the U.S. and uncovers a deadly conspiracy.

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Premise labels: epidemic investigation · virus outbreak · medical conspiracy · CDC investigation · biosecurity threat · murder mystery · deliberate infection · healthcare corruption

Setting labels: Atlanta · CDC · United States · hospital setting · clinic setting · laboratory setting · 1980s · postmodern medical system · epidemic setting · aero/road travel

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The Cobra Event

Richard Preston · 1997

A CDC pathologist investigates bizarre deaths in New York and uncovers a bioterror plot tied to a deadly engineered virus.

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Premise labels: bioterrorism · weaponized pathogen · outbreak investigation · government task force · biohazard threat

Setting labels: New York City · Atlanta · Washington DC · subway tunnels · present day · late 1990s · urban outbreak

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Parasite Eve

Hideaki Sena · 2005

A grieving scientist’s experiment with his dead wife’s cells awakens a terrifying force inside the human body.

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Premise labels: mitochondrial consciousness · organ transplant horror · cellular evolution · scientific horror · grief-driven experiment · host-parasite conflict · human evolution threat · body takeover

Setting labels: Japan · 1990s Japan · laboratory setting · hospital setting · medical research setting · academic setting · pharmaceutical research · cellular-scale reality

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Passage

Connie Willis · 2001

A hospital psychologist and a neurologist probe near-death experiences, only to uncover a mystery that grows far stranger and deeper.

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Premise labels: near-death experiences · medical mystery · scientific investigation · afterlife inquiry · drug-induced experience · brain science · hospital research

Setting labels: hospital setting · Denver · late 1990s · medical environment · lab setting

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The Strain, Volume 1

David Lapham, Mike Huddleston · 2012 · The Strain (Collected editions)

A CDC doctor investigates a dead-flight mystery at JFK and uncovers an ancient, fast-spreading vampiric outbreak.

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Premise labels: outbreak · biological threat · vampire infection · quarantine · apocalyptic threat · disease mystery · urban contagion

Setting labels: New York City · JFK Airport · Manhattan · Romania · present day · historical flashbacks · urban apocalypse · biotech realism

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Invasion

Robin Cook · 1997

A doctor-to-be and his friends race to stop a strange virus that turns people into something not quite human.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · virus outbreak · medical crisis · covert contagion · collective consciousness · environmental agenda

Setting labels: contemporary setting · college town · hospital setting · American town · global outbreak · late 1990s

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Incubation

Adrienne Lecter · 2015 · Green Fields

A lab biologist is trapped in a biotech siege that may be the hidden start of a zombie apocalypse.

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Premise labels: zombie outbreak origin · bio lab conspiracy · hostage situation · biotech thriller · virus release · corporate secrecy · survival under siege

Setting labels: biotech lab · biomedical facility · city under collapse · near-future apocalypse · flu epidemic backdrop · contained siege setting · workplace takeover

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Blood Music

Greg Bear · 1985

A biotech researcher’s forbidden experiment creates sentient cells that transform his body and then humanity.

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Premise labels: scientific experiment · unauthorized research · intelligent cells · self-experimentation · internal invasion · accidental outbreak · biotech hubris · microbial intelligence

Setting labels: biotechnology lab · modern-day America · North America · urban collapse · post-disaster landscape · lab-to-world scale

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Germ: If You Breathe, It Will Find You

Robert Liparulo · 2006

A federal investigation turns into a relentless chase when a DNA-targeted bioweapon and hired killers threaten thousands.

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Premise labels: bioterrorism · genetic targeting · designer virus · biological warfare · assassins · cat-and-mouse chase

Setting labels: CDC · Atlanta · southern US · government agencies · medical research setting · contemporary setting · military base

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Patient Zero

Jonathan Maberry · 2009 · Joe Ledger

A Baltimore detective is recruited into a secret black-ops unit to stop terrorists unleashing a zombie-making bioweapon.

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Premise labels: secret agency · bioweapon outbreak · zombie plague · terrorism · counterterrorism · government task force · special ops · apocalypse threat · infectious threat · covert mission

Setting labels: Baltimore · United States · post-9/11 · Homeland Security · government black ops · secret facility · urban America · contemporary · counterterrorism world · international terrorism

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Chaos in Death

J.D. Robb · 2011 · In Death

Eve Dallas hunts a bizarre killer whose monster-like appearance points her toward a rehab clinic and dangerous science.

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Premise labels: homicide investigation · serial killer · manhunt · rehab clinic · addiction recovery · rogue science · body-horror mystery · classic horror retelling

Setting labels: New York City · mid-21st century · future world · police department · rehabilitation clinic · urban setting

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Joe Ledger: Special Ops

Jonathan Maberry · 2014 · Joe Ledger

An elite counterterrorism team tackles bioweapons, mad science, and other high-tech horrors in linked mission stories.

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Premise labels: special ops · elite team · bioterrorism · weaponized science · mad science · counterterrorism · bioweapons · genetic engineering · super-soldier threat · monster outbreak · missions between novels · case files

Setting labels: alternate reality · contemporary · military world · high-security facility · bio-research lab · urban operations · Afghanistan · Baltimore · Pine Deep · Paris · underground facility · global counterterrorism

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