Cold Storage by David Koepp

 
 Cold Storage by David Koepp-308 pages


When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository.

Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, of which storage units have been built over,  the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy. Only Diaz, now in his sixties, knows how to stop it.

He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards—one an ex-con, the other a single mother. In the span of one night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again. All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor, which helps the story be palatable.  At first I wasn't sure if I could get past all the language, but once I learned to tune that out I enjoyed the book.