Acceptable Risk - Brossura

Cook, Robin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0330343386 ISBN 13: 9780330343381

Casa editrice: Pan Books, 1996

Riassunto

From the roots of an ancient witchcraft ...a new terror to destroy. With billions of dollars at stake, every scientist in America is fighting to discover the next Prozac, the latest 'feel good' drug. Edward Armstrong believes he has hit the jackpot. He has isolated a stunningly effective anti-depressant from a bacterial mould first uncovered over two hundred years ago. But there is more to the drug than anyone could have imagined. When Edward turns violent and the corpses of mutilated animals appear near the laboratory, his girlfriend decides to investigate the truth about this new 'miracle' drug. Before it claims any more innocent lives...

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Descrizione del libro

From the doctor whose bestselling thrillers have created fear and excitement for over a decade comes a harrowing tale of ambition, abandoned ethics and uncontrollable greed.

'The master of the medical thriller' New York Times

L'autore

Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word ‘medical’ to the thriller genre, and over twenty years after the publication of his breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over twenty-seven international bestsellers, including Outbreak (1987), Terminal (1993), Contagion (1996), Chromosome 6 (1997), Foreign Body (2008), Intervention (2010) and most recently Cure (2011).

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Pan Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0330343386
• ISBN 13: 9780330343381
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Koch-Chemie GmbH; https://www.koch-chemie.com ; ; Einsteinstr. 42; Unna; 59423; Germania