William Rosen's Justinian's Flea

Justinian's Flea is a book about the fall of Rome through the advent of the plague. It's an unusual book because it's half history of Antiquity, half epidemiology of the plague. Well, I had read more compelling histories for both. I am now reading Jack Higgins' latest book, and I am failing to be held breathless by the plot. More Arabs kidnapping and threatening more innocent people, being fought by more Western super spies.