- School & Library Binding: 352 pages
- Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval (February 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0833516388
- ISBN-13: 978-0833516381
- Product Dimensions: 16.9 x 11.9 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Despite inept prose and an overload of synthetic crises, Cook's new novel will probaby be popular with fans of Coma, Godplayer and his other thrillers. The heroine is gutsy, naive Dr. Melissa Blumenthal of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Sent to report on an exotic, killer virus that is claiming victims in every state, the young doctor learns more than she should for her own safety. There are clues to a scheme by the prestigious members of the Physicians Action Congress to control the medical profession by planting the virus, which wipes out personnel and patients, in health-care centers; strangely, these are the only locations where the disease has been breaking out. Confiding her suspicions to a colleague at CDC, Melissa is betrayed and has to fight for her life repeatedly, performing feats that defy belief. Finally, she is free to embrace the suitor who proves himself worthy and let the law deal with the criminals in PAC.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA A gripping medical drama that focuses on outbreaks of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, a deadly virus. Dr. Melissa Blumenthal, a Centers for Disease Control investigator, is thrust into the center of each seemingly unrelated outbreak. She slowly unravels the mystery of the virus and the conspiracy of doctors behind the growing crisis. This book will appeal to young adults because of its fast-paced plot, strong characters, and the general fear of contracting a deadly disease. Susan Penny, Houston Public Library
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Wait a minute, didn't I read this before...?,
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This review is from: Outbreak (Mass Market Paperback)
My first Robin Cook book was Coma, and I enjoyed it very much. So I thought I'd give some of his newer books a try and I cannot read another Cook book again. For such an intelligent individual to write worse then he did when he was younger, well I don't know what to think of that. And the fact that as I was reading Outbreak, it seemed that I was reading Coma all over again, just with a different crime, everything else was pretty much recycled from his earlier ideas.So if your looking for a good Robin Cook book, buy Coma and you're pretty much done!
3.0 out of 5 stars
At least the medical details seemed to be consistent...,
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This review is from: Outbreak (Mass Market Paperback)
The book itself was a pretty standard thriller - and predictable.I guess people who enjoy this genre usually like reading it for the "process of discovery" rather than for an unexpected ending.But the "process" wasn't that satisfying. Even though the Medical details were consistent and thorogh, the plot wasn't. I ekpt losing track of which city Marissa was in and why she was there (and later - what happened in it) because the changes (and number) of cities just happenedso fast... Also, quite a lot of loose story threads were left - suchaswhat happens to Tad, or how the 'mass infection' in Pheonixoccured, since the cafeteria theory was explainedto beavery weak one...
1.0 out of 5 stars
Horrible,
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This review is from: Outbreak (Mass Market Paperback)
Boring, horrible writing. Thats all there is to it. It is not worthwile at all.
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