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The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine

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Outside magazine correspondent Brendan Borrell's THE FIRST SHOTS, a global, character-driven narrative of the unfolding vaccine race, the companies that are risking it all with billions of dollars at stake, the sometimes surprising science on which it is based, and the brinkmanship concerning access and safety playing out around it, to Deanne Urmy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Brendan Borrell is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Brendan Borrell enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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