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Hommes protégésRobert Merle

Hommes protégés

1974344 pages
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The time: the 1970s. The place: America. A menacing epidemic, Encephalitis 16, sweeps the nation. Women, boys and men over sixty are mysteriously immune. Too late, the President realizes that the male population is dying. Congressmen appoint their wives to succeed them. The Administration changes hands: the new President, a woman. Government and business are ruled by elite wonder-women. A hand-picked group of scientist and doctors is placed in Blueville, a closely guarded "Protected Zone", and assigned the task of finding a vaccine for E-16. And they must find it fast - men on the outside are…

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  • Other · English · 1977
    The virility factor
    Weidenfeld and Nicolson · 344 pages · 9780297774310
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    The Virility Factor
    McGraw-Hill · 344 pages · 9780070414969
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