The author of the Jurassic Park book, Michael Crichton, did that too in his book Andromeda Strain. Except instead of an old virus uncovered, the virus came from a piece of space rock. I think he had another virus related book, but I might be thinking of Prey, which was nanobots.
I’m thinking Jurassic Park with viruses. The title will be “The Oldest Killer” and the twist is that it’s the common cold, but it’s 40,000 years old.
The author of the Jurassic Park book, Michael Crichton, did that too in his book Andromeda Strain. Except instead of an old virus uncovered, the virus came from a piece of space rock. I think he had another virus related book, but I might be thinking of Prey, which was nanobots.