Tess Gerritsen is a Chinese-American novelist born in 1953. She has sold over 25 million copies of her novels. Some of her well known works include the novels Harvest published in 1996, The Surgeon from 2001, and Life Support from 2009. The passage describes a plot of one of her novels about an astronaut named Emma Watson working for NASA on a mission to the International Space Station. When the crew arrives, a Japanese astronaut who had been working with lab rats dies. More of the crew then starts getting sick and dying, with autopsies revealing it is a form of bioterrorism virus composed of DNA from an amphibian, mouse, and the Japanese astronaut. Emma realizes the virus

2. Tess Gerritsen
By: Laurynas Mažeika 8c

4. About the author
• Born June 12, 1953
• Chinese-American novelist
• Sold over 25 millions copies
• Her real name is Terry
• In 1996 published her first book
• Also wrote: Harvest (1996)
The Surgeon (2001)
Life Support (2009)
Bloodstream (2009)

6. Comparison

7. Plot
This book is about Emma Watson, an astronaut working for NASA. She
is going to ISS with several other people. When they get onboard, a
Japaneses astronaut, worked with labaratory rat expierments, died.
Aftera few days more people feeled sick and died. The autopsy reveals
that the virus is a form of bioterrorism. When they looked on dead
japanese astronaut corpse hash. It was pulsing like a life creature is
inside the corpse. After inspecting the DNA of the virus, research
showed that is is made from 3 diffrent life form: amphibian, labaratory
mouse and japanese astronaut. This virus can evolve into anything it
kills and in a few weeks destroy whole human civilization. Emma
understood that this virus is not from earth. And she last of the ISS
crew, infected

8. Word list:
• Treath (n) - Something that is a source of danger - Pavojus
• Physician (n) - Doctor - Gydytojas
• Rapidly (adj) - Fast - Greitai (pasikartoti)
• Crippled (adj) - Paralyze - Paralyžuotas
• Quarantined (v) - Isolate – izoliuoti
• Menacing (adj) - Threatening - Grėsmingas
• Embittered - Susierzinusi
• Sideline (n) - Nuošalė
• Dissection (n) - Dissection - Skrodimas