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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?

Julie Furnell I think it was concluded at the end that the virus was an ancient flu virus that had infected mammoths who were then frozen in the polar wastes only t…moreI think it was concluded at the end that the virus was an ancient flu virus that had infected mammoths who were then frozen in the polar wastes only to be dug up and eaten by polar bears who in turn infected birds who in turn infected humans who had no immunity to it. the main character kind of concluded that humans did this to ourselves (global warming)(less)

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