Jericho Falls

In this book the reader is introduced to B.C.Bingham, a self confessed High School geek and nerd who is secretly in love with the town Sherriff's daughter, Karen Slater. Karen is involved with a mean loser who likes to play cruel pranks on helpless victims and she is blind to B.C's feelings for her. Then an outbreak of a deadly virus occurs and the small quiet town of Jericho Falls is quarantined with disastrous results.B.C. then proves to all that he has an immense reserve of courage and he makes an unlikely but very believable hero.This is a very well written novel by a talented writer and I look forward to his next offering.

Though published in 1986, Christopher Hyde's, "Jericho Falls", a novel about a clandestine military operation to cover-up a Chemical/Biological accident in a small New Hampshire town, is still fresh even in the early part of the 21st Century. Written in the manner of Michael Crichton's, "Andromeda Strain" and Robin Cook's, "Outbreak", Hyde's plot revolves around an accident that occurs during the transport of QQ9, a secret biological weapon that the military has been working on. When townspeople begin to show signs of some sort of terrible epidemic, it's a race between the military and Sheriff Jack Slater and company to see if the disease can be stopped before the military wipes the town off the map. Hyde does a great job with character development and creates a few sidebars for many of the main players in the book. Sheriff Slater leads the town's battle against the evil military commander, Col. James Wright, who practically has written the "book" on the cover-up and containment of Chemical and Biological "accidents". While this battle for survival is going on, divorced-father Slater is also dealing with his rebellious teenage daughter, Karen, and his feelings of affection for Karen's homeroom teacher, Jenny Hale. Other interesting characters include the town's resident hippie, "Sparrow" Hawke and Dr. Rembrandt Payne, both of whom become reluctant heroes as the book rockets to its exciting and somewhat unexpected conclusion. Though working with a very interesting plot, Hyde does a great job making the novel character-driven so that the reader really feels a connection with the main players."Jericho Falls" is a page-turner that will have the reader on the edge of his or her seat and will increase the paranoia that some Americans already have about the intentions of their military and govenmental leaders.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Its obvious Mr. Hyde did his research. Excellent Plot with excellent research into black bag operations that are conducted to this day. Non stop reading!

Im a 17 year old, and I got this book from my mother who had already read it.She had purchased it at a used book store.But anyway, I am the kind of person who likes to read but it's hard for me to find a book that I like.So when I started to read this it was amazing how wonderful it was.The plot was very believable and always kept me on the edge of my seat!I reccomend this book to anyone who likes to read or likes suspense.,

I've never looked at an egg the same way since! This book scared my hair gray! The characters in this story were completely believable. The authors use of landmarks and route names makes this story utterly believable. A must read!!