The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

by

Richard Preston

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A Frenchman who lives in Kenya near Kitum Cave in 1980, Monet contracts Marburg after visiting the cave. His swift and horrifying decline is described in excruciating detail. Most terrifying of all is the fact that after he grew ill, Monet’s doctors put him on a commercial flight to a hospital in Nairobi, potentially exposing millions of people across the world to Ebola through air travel. Monet eventually hemorrhages on the floor of the hospital’s waiting room, infecting Dr. Shem Musoke and dying shortly afterwards.

Charles Monet Quotes in The Hot Zone

The The Hot Zone quotes below are all either spoken by Charles Monet or refer to Charles Monet. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Power of Nature Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Chapter 1 Quotes

[S]omething was making copies of itself inside Monet. A life form had acquired Charles Monet as a host, and it was replicating.

Related Characters: Richard Preston (speaker), Charles Monet
Related Symbols: Mount Elgon and Kitum Cave
Page Number: 11
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 1, Chapter 8 Quotes

Gene felt a prickling sensation on his scalp. The paths of Charles Monet and Peter Cardinal had crossed at only one place on earth, and that was inside Kitum Cave. What had they done in the cave? What had they found in there? What had they touched? What had they breathed? What lived in Kitum Cave?

Related Characters: Richard Preston (speaker), Eugene (Gene) Johnson (speaker), Charles Monet, Peter Cardinal
Related Symbols: Mount Elgon and Kitum Cave
Page Number: 106
Explanation and Analysis:
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Charles Monet Quotes in The Hot Zone

The The Hot Zone quotes below are all either spoken by Charles Monet or refer to Charles Monet. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Power of Nature Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Chapter 1 Quotes

[S]omething was making copies of itself inside Monet. A life form had acquired Charles Monet as a host, and it was replicating.

Related Characters: Richard Preston (speaker), Charles Monet
Related Symbols: Mount Elgon and Kitum Cave
Page Number: 11
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 1, Chapter 8 Quotes

Gene felt a prickling sensation on his scalp. The paths of Charles Monet and Peter Cardinal had crossed at only one place on earth, and that was inside Kitum Cave. What had they done in the cave? What had they found in there? What had they touched? What had they breathed? What lived in Kitum Cave?

Related Characters: Richard Preston (speaker), Eugene (Gene) Johnson (speaker), Charles Monet, Peter Cardinal
Related Symbols: Mount Elgon and Kitum Cave
Page Number: 106
Explanation and Analysis: