First, I must state that this may not be what you are looking for in any way. I might also add that my selection of literature is neither artistic nor philosophical. It did, however, move me. I read The Hot Zone by Michael Crichton in 1995, and throughout my post-Hot Zone series of reads, it still remains my favorite. It wasn’t the book per se that grabbed me, it was the art of the virus. I quickly became so intrigued in the “virus” tha