A Look Into Secret Government Labs

4 out of 5 stars

Being an avid Bio-Thriller reader, I’ve known of or heard about Plum Island in numerous books.  Lab 257 is a story about this island and the things that have (or may have) come from it.  Michael C. Carroll spent years researching the history and speaking to people who were connected to Plum Island (and Lab 257) in some way, shape, or form to bring this book to life.

I’m not always a non-fiction fan.  Some non-fiction books read like a story (Richard Preston) while others read like a school book that you just can’t get into.  Lab 257 is a combination of both.  Carroll is able to bring to life stories that were absolutely fascinating in one step and then bring me down a bit in another.

If I wasn’t a fan of books written about this subject I would steer clear of this because there is a lot going on in here that will just scare the living crap out of most people.  Not because it’s meant to jump scare you, but because the things that Carroll describes are real. There are real bio-agents out there that can do incredibly disgusting things to a human body.

I’m not sure what Carroll hoped to bring to light with this book, but I felt like it was more information about a secret lab and maybe bring more investigation into Plum Island. I’m not 100% sure, but the book was a mix of really interesting stories and some more fact-based boring accounts and science.

Kirby Heyborne did a nice job taking the non-boring and the more boring facts in this book and bringing them to life in the best way possible.  His voice was easy to listen to and allowed me to learn while I was driving to and from work each day.

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About the Author:

Michael Christopher Carroll spent seven years researching and writing Lab 257. A native of Long Island and an avid outdoorsman, Carroll is now general counsel of a New York-based finance company. He lives on Long Island and in New York City.

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I’ve loved reading since I was little when my dad would read me Dr. Suess books. Fast-forward a little and I noticed that he was always reading on his lunch breaks at work, and I wondered why.Then, I found a book that took me to another place and time, to another feeling,another sense of “being”.It was the first book that I ever fell in love with, and I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since.

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