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It's been more than thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton's college graduation and almost as long since he's been in touch with former classmates Shawn Doherty and Kevin Murray. Once a highly regarded ophthalmologist, Jack's career took a dramatic turn after a tragic accident that destroyed his family. But that, too, is very much in the past: Jack has remarried—to long-time colleague and fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery— and is the father of a young child. A post-mortem on a young college student who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, leads Jack to investigate alternative medicine. What makes some people step outside the medical establishment to seek care from practitioners of Eastern philosophies and even faith healers? Jack's classmate Shawn Doherty is now a renowned archaeologist and biblical scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art. He has recently obtained permission for a final dig beneath Saint Peter's in Rome—despite a long-standing grudge against the Catholic Church—and has made a startling discovery with huge ecclesiastical and medical implications. When Kevin Murray, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, gets wind of Shawn's findings, he's desperate to keep them from the public. Kevin has strong political ambitions within the Church, but his association with Shawn threatens to undermine them. Kevin turns to his old friend Jack to help protect an explosive secret—one with the power to change live forever.

Eran "intervenciones menores", operaciones de rutina de las que se hacían diariamente en el gran hospital de Bostón. Pero algunos pacientes, demasiados, no despertaban. Quedaban en coma en la mesa de operaciones, víctimas de inexplicables accidentes. Hasta que una joven practicante de medicina decidió averiguar qué había detrás de tales coincidencias... 

Nueva intriga de uno de los indiscutibles maestros del thriller científico. El doctor Daniel Lowell está muy cerca de dar con la solución para curar distintas enfermedades, desde el alzhehimer hasta la diabetes, por medio de la experimentacion genetica. Y aunque un poderoso congresista estadounidense se oponga frontalmente a la clonacion y logre que se paralicen los fondos del proyecto, en realidad desea que Lowell trabaje en exclusiva para el, y asi poder curarse de la dolencia que lo aqueja y que amenaza su futuro politico. Para que la experiencia llegue a buen puerto Lowell exige trabajar con material genetico de la Sabana Santa, la celebre reliquia custodiada en Turin. De este modo se entrecruzaran la politica, la religion y el fascinante mundo de la biociencia para conformar una vibrante aventura de sorprendente desenlace.

From the top name in medical thrillers. Senator Ashley Butler is a quintessential southern demagogue who is against almost all bioteehnologies and he is threatening to stop Dr. Daniel Lowell's new studies in stem cell research. Then Butler develops Parkinson's disease and his entire world view is called into question.

The explosive new thriller from New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook, takes readers back to where the genre began, and the questions posed in Coma: what happens when innocent hospital patients are used as medical 'incubators' against their will?Lynn Peirce, a fourth-year medical student at Mason-Dixon University, thinks she has her life figured out. But when her otherwise healthy boyfriend, Carl, is admitted to hospital for routine surgery, Lynn is devastated by his sudden death.Convinced there's more to the story than the authorities are willing to reveal, Lynn searches for evidence of medical malpractice with the help of her lab partner, Michael. What she uncovers, however, is far more disturbing. Hospitals associated with Middleton Healthcare, including the one attached to the university, have unnervingly high rates of unexplained complications and patients contracting serious and terminal illnesses following routine surgery.When Lynn and Michael begin to receive death threats, they realize they must discover the truth, before the shadowy forces behind Middleton Healthcare can put a stop to their efforts once and for all.

A ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller from the creator of the genre After performing a post-mortem on a young college student who'd been recently treated by a chiropractor, Jack Stapleton, a New York City medical examiner, decides to explore alternative medicine. What makes people seek help from Eastern philosophies or even faith healers to cure their illnesses? Meanwhile his old college friend, Shawn Doherty, a renowned archaeologist involved in a dig at St Peter's in Rome, has made a startling discovery with huge ecclesiastical and medical implications. When Kevin Murray, another old college friend, and now Roman Catholic Bishop of New York, gets wind of Shawn's findings, he's desperate to keep them from the public and to disassociate himself from Shawn. Kevin turns to his old friend Jack to help protect this explosive secret - one with the power to change lives forever.

With her son's illness in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work-and finds her first case back to be a dangerous puzzle of the highest order, involving organized crime and two start- up biotech companies caught in a zero-sum game...

Una tensa intriga que descubre el mundo fascinante de los grandes laboratorios farmacéuticos y hasta dónde están dispuestos a llegar para asegurar sus beneficios millonarios.Laurie Montgomery, doctora forense de la ciudad de Nueva York, ha vuelto al trabajo despues de una larga baja por maternidad para encontrarse con el caso mas importante de su carrera. Preocupada por haber perdido facultades despues de haber pasado dieciocho meses en casa, Laurie dedica la maxima atencion a su primera autopsia: un joven japones que murio en el anden del metro aparentemente por causas naturales y sin ningun documento que lo identifique.En otro momento, Laurie habria firmado el certificado de defuncion con los ojos cerrados, pero en esta ocasion insiste en llegar hasta el fondo del asunto y descubre que el fallecido es Satoshi Machito, un prestigioso cientifico propietario de una patente de celulas madre pluripotentes, un autentico tesoro para la industria de la medicina regenerativa. El celo profesional de Laurie y su negativa a abandonar el caso la colocaran, a ella y a su familia, en el punto de mira de una peligrosa mafia.La critica ha dicho...Cook describe sus personajes de tal manera que el lector comparte todas sus preocupaciones personales y profesionales.USA TodayUna mezcla fascinante de suspense, accion y educacion sobre importantes temas medicos.Publishers Weekly

Robin Cook Rapt En plongée d'exploration scientifique au large des Açores, un sous-marin est aspiré dans une crevasse d'origine volcanique. Lorsqu'il s'immobilise, ses occupants découvrent avec stupeur une mystérieuse base sous-marine où tout semble prévu pour les accueillir... Sur les pas de Suzanne, la séduisante géologue, et de ses collaborateurs, nous faisons la connaissance d'Interterra et de ses étranges habitants, en réalité les premiers humains de la Terre, rescapés de cataclysmes survenus pendant la formation de notre planète. Mais entre ces hôtes amicaux, qui vivent dans une civilisation raffinée et harmonieuse, et leurs visiteurs fascinés et inquiets, le contact peut-il demeurer pacifique ? Et si ce paradis enfoui prenait insidieusement les allures d'un enfer ? Champion incontesté du thriller médical (Cure fatale, Chromosome 6...), Robin Cook change ici de registre et offre une version moderne du mythe de l'Atlantide - gageure relevée avec un sens exceptionnel du suspense et une imagination sans limites.

A 28 year old man seems the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while skating in New Yorks Central Park. Within twenty four hours of surgery he is dead. Next a 36 year old mother has knee surgery, and within twenty four hours she too has died.

The world's bestselling master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook skillfully combines human drama and high-tech thrills with the latest breakthroughs and controversies of modern medicine. Now, in his most daring novel yet, a mysterious transmission from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean leads a crew of oceanographers and divers to a phenomenon beyond scientific understanding - a discovery that will change everything we know about life on Earth…

With his signature blend of suspense and science, Robin Cook delivers an electrifying page-turner that delves into the murky ethics of developing genomic medicine and modern-day health care.