Автор - Robin Cook
Seizure
Автор: Robin CookЖанр: Иностранная литература
Senator Ashley Butler is a quintessential Southern demagogue whose support of traditional American values includes a knee-jerk reaction against virtually all biotechnologies. When he's called to chair a subcommittee introducing legislation to ban new cloning technology, the senator views his political future in bold relief; and Dr. Daniel Lowell, inventor of the technique that will take stem cell research to the next level, sees a roadblock positioned before his biotech startup.The two seemingly opposite personalities clash during the senate hearings, but the men have a common desire. Butler's hunger for political power far outstrips his concern for the unborn; and Lowell's pursuit of gargantuan personal wealth and celebrity overrides any considerations for patients' well-being. Further complicating the proceedings is the confidential news that Senator Butler has developed Parkinson's disease-leading the senator and the researcher into a Faustian pact. In a perilous attempt to prematurely harness Lowell's new technology, the therapy leaves the senator with the horrifying effects of temporal lobe epilepsy-seizures of the most bizarre order.Torn from the headlines, Seizure is a cautionary tale for a time where biotechnology pulls us into a promising yet frightening new world.
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Sphinx
Автор: Robin CookЖанр: Иностранная литература
It was the magic and mystery of an empire long past that beautiful Erica Baron came toe explore. Innocently she cast her eyes in forbidden places and discovered the clue to a treasure beyond imagination. It was then that terror overtook her, as the most fearful curse of the ancient world and the most savagemenace of the modern one threatened to detroy her. One dangerously attractive man offered Erica help…he offered her protection…he offered her love. And in this strange, exotic land of seductive evils, where no one could be trusted, desire became for Erica the deadliest snare of all…
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Toxin
Автор: Robin CookЖанр: Иностранная литература
Amazon.com Review Just when you thought it was safe to eat a hamburger again, Robin Cook – master of medical mysteries, deadly epidemics, and creepy comas-returns with an all too likely villain drawn right from current headlines: the American meat industry. If you've ever wondered where the E. coli bacteria comes from, and exactly how it can ravage the human body, destroying everything in its path, this is the book for you. As usual, Cook delivers solid information, well-researched medical arcana, and a scathing indictment of managed health care. His protagonist, Kim Regis, is an all-too-typical ego-driven surgeon, whose arrogance and invulnerability set him up to be brought low by the deadly toxin that takes the life of his young daughter. Sparing no time and barely a paragraph to reflect on his loss, Regis goes right after the culprit, a meat-packing behemoth that brings dead and diseased animals to the slaughterhouse, breaking every health regulation in the book. The scenes set on the killing floor and in the boning rooms will make a vegetarian out of the most confirmed red-meat eater. Toxin is a heart-pounding thriller that hits very close to home.
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Vite in pericolo
Автор: Robin CookЖанр: Иностранная литература
Un’agghiacciante incursione nel lato più oscuro dell’assistenza sanitaria, nel fatidico incrocio tra il valore supremo dell’esistenza umana e i cinici interessi del mondo finanziario, capace di subordinare la vita e la morte alla pericolosa seduzione del denaro. Dopo lunghi anni trascorsi nei corridoi di un grande ospedale di Boston, Angela e David Wilson, un’affiatata coppia di medici, decidono di abbandonare la frenesia della metropoli per trasferirsi, con la figlioletta Nikki gracile e malata, in campagna, in una tranquilla cittadina del Vermont. La bellezza e la serenità del luogo, insieme all’affettuosa accoglienza dei suoi abitanti, appaiono un sogno divenuto realtà, destinato a infondere un’ondata di entusiasmo alle loro esistenze: verdi distese di prati, laghi cristallini incastonati in una cornice incantevole di montagne, al posto dell’inquinamento e della criminalità della città. E, nello stesso tempo, si profila per entrambi i coniugi la possibilità di lavorare in un centro gestito in modo dinamico e moderno, dotato di attrezzature all’avanguardia. Ma dopo il primo magnifico, romantico autunno, a Bartlet comincia a profilarsi un paesaggio spoglio e desolato, che rivela, dietro i tristi scheletri degli alberi, oscure e macabre macchinazioni... A poco a poco, poi a un ritmo sempre più rapido, il paradiso terrestre dei Wilson si sgretola: numerosi pazienti con strani sintomi cominciano a morire misteriosamente, inquietanti trame si nascondono nelle stanze del loro ospedale; un incubo mortale li minaccia... Coinvolti in un sistema medico criminale, nel quale la polizia non intende indagare, Angela e David dovranno combattere con le loro sole forze per non essere travolti dall’orrore e salvaguardare così la felicità della loro famiglia.
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Zabawa w Boga
Автор: Robin CookЖанр: Иностранная литература
Cassandra Kingsley ma wszystko: rozpoczęła staż na psychiatrii, mieszka we wspaniałym domu, a jej mężem jest najlepszy kardiochirurg bostońskiego Memorial Hospital. Tymczasem dziewczyna, wbrew rozsądkowi, bada wraz z patologiem Seibertem serię nagłych zgonów pooperacyjnych, do których dochodzi w szpitalu. W obliczu poważnych problemów zdrowotnych i małżeńskich rzuca śledztwo, ale wraca do niego po tajemniczej śmierci Seiberta. Teraz musi już walczyć nie tylko o swój wzrok i rodzinę, ale także o życie. A krąg podejrzanych zawęża się stopniowo do najbliższych jej ludzi…
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Zaraza
Автор: Robin CookЖанр: Иностранная литература
Na stół sekcyjny Jacka Stapletona trafiają zwłoki pacjenta jednego z nowojorskich szpitali. Patolog ze zdumieniem konstatuje, że umarł on na…dżumę. Wkrótce podobne przypadki zaczynają się mnożyć, a choroby, z którymi styka się Stapleton, są coraz dziwniejsze. Wszystko wskazuje na celowe zarażenie. Zaniepokojony patolog wszczyna prywatne śledztwo. Wpada na trop iście makiawelicznej intrygi, w której istotną rolę odgrywa niezwykla, piękna kobieta…
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