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I found the ending puzzling. All through the book there was this question of did the Russians cause this epidemic. The ending was abrupt and frankly I don't know what the conclusion was. Do you readers have any thoughts about this to share?

Melody Warnick What Nancy said. What I took away is that human-caused climate change is the ultimate villain here, because it defrosted the mammoth and its virus, wh…moreWhat Nancy said. What I took away is that human-caused climate change is the ultimate villain here, because it defrosted the mammoth and its virus, which got into polar bears, then birds, who carried it to the rest of the world. I don't think biowarfare was involved.(less)

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