This is an enjoyable, engrossing, thoroughly mind teasing book that was, for its length, a quick read, because once you pick it up, you don’t want to put it down. Downs did a wonderful job with Plague Maker. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a thriller and appreciates gaining some wisdom and knowledge along the way. Li is the man who inspires wisdom and gives grace and core to the book. Donovan and his ex-wife have problems to solve, and Li shows them the way to forgive. There are ships and foreign cargo, Fourth of July fireworks and terrorism, and a family crisis that brings together the best and most elite in the fields in Terrorism and Global Crisis as well as bombs and threats - and you name it. Plague Maker is a very interesting book.