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Ebola thriller 'The Hot Zone' is back in the spotlight

Richard Preston's book 'The Hot Zone' was published in 1994 and tells the story of Ebola appearing in a lab in Washington D.C. Now it's back on bestseller lists and it could be adapted as a TV series.

With Ebola in the headlines, Richard Preston鈥檚 nonfiction thriller 鈥淭he Hot Zone鈥� is back on bestseller lists 鈥� and possibly coming to TV.

Preston first published 鈥淶one,鈥� a book about the first time Ebola was seen, in 1994. It鈥檚 now back on the bestseller list, coming in at number 13 on the Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction list for Oct. 26, and it鈥檚 currently ranked at number 28 on .听

At the time of its initial release, called the book 鈥渙ne of the most horrifying things I've ever read. What a remarkable piece of work,鈥� and called the book 鈥渉orrifying and riveting,鈥� while School Library Journal wrote that it is a 鈥渇ast-paced medical chiller right to the last disturbing page.鈥�

The author also told the that he鈥檚 鈥渄ying to update the book.鈥澛�

鈥淚 want to make the clinical picture of the virus more clear and accurate,鈥� he said. 鈥淚n the original 'Hot Zone,' I have a description of a nurse weeping tears of blood. That almost certainly didn鈥檛 happen. When a person has Ebola, the eyes can turn brilliant red from blood vessels leaking and blood oozing out of the eyelid. That鈥檚 horrifying, but it鈥檚 not someone with tears of blood running down their face. I want to fix that. The other thing that鈥檚 happening with Ebola today is there have been more outbreaks, and virologists are constructing a tree showing how they are related. The names of the viruses and the relationships have changed, and I want to get that into 鈥楾he Hot Zone.鈥� Finally, I鈥檓 going to put in an introduction in which I place the story of 鈥楾he Hot Zone鈥� in today鈥檚 context.鈥澛�

Meanwhile, 鈥淶one鈥� could be coming to the small screen. According to the , director and producer Ridley Scott and producer Lynda Obst could possibly adapt the book as a limited series for Fox TV Studios.