Get drawn into a novel of medical suspense that begins with these chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give for tests? What else are they being used for? Why don't you know? Take a Deep Breath.... From Boston, a disgraced medical student travels to South America to deliver a research paper that could save her career and becomes a victim of an unspeakable crime.... Thousands of miles away, a brilliant, reclusive scientist, dying from an incurable disease that threatens to make each tortured ...
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Get drawn into a novel of medical suspense that begins with these chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give for tests? What else are they being used for? Why don't you know? Take a Deep Breath.... From Boston, a disgraced medical student travels to South America to deliver a research paper that could save her career and becomes a victim of an unspeakable crime.... Thousands of miles away, a brilliant, reclusive scientist, dying from an incurable disease that threatens to make each tortured breath his last, is on the verge of perfecting a serum that could save millions of lives, and bring others inestimable wealth.... In Chicago, a disillusioned private detective, on the way to his third career, is hired to determine the identity of a John Doe, killed on a Florida highway, with mysterious marks on his body. Three seemingly disconnected lives, surging unrelentingly toward one another. Three lives becoming irrevocably intertwined. Three lives in mounting peril, moving ever closer to the ultimate confrontation against a deadly secret society with godlike aspirations and roots in antiquity. Medical student. Scientist. Private eye. Three people who will learn the deeper meanings of brilliance and madness, truth and deception, trust and betrayal. Three lives linked forever by a single vial of blood--the fifth vial.
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Good read, kept me interested all the way through to the end.
RN2008
Jan 22, 2008
Pulse Racer
This book is one of the best I have read in years. The medical terminology makes it so real to life that you can't put it down. I read 250pgs in one day. You can tell Michael Palmer is dedicated to both lines of his work. He doesn't forget any detail. He keeps you on the edge of your seat wanting more and more. And his ability to go between characters is amazing. No wonder he is a top writer!
misa400
Apr 27, 2007
Another Palmer page-turner!
I could not put this book down! As usual, Michael Palmer's research on the book's venues such as Africa, Brazil and India made the book much more exciting. His medical facts are always factual and/or believable. The book was extremely interesting and yet disturbing. I could believe that these illegal transplants could actually be a reality now or in the near future. This book would make a great movie. I await Dr. Palmer's next novel with great expectation.
