Chromosome 6

Informationen zum Autor Robin Cook, M.D., is the author of more than thirty books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma . He divides his time among Florida, New Hampshire, and Boston. His most recent novels include Host , Cell , and Nano . Klappentext Behind the headlines on cloning -- Dr. Robin Cook blends fact with fiction in one of his most terrifying bestsellers... Chromosome 6 is a prophetic thriller that challenges the medical ethics of genetic manipulation and cloning in the jungles of equatorial Africa, where one mistake could bridge the gap between man and ape--and forever change the genetic map of our existence... Zusammenfassung “Master of the medical thriller.”— The New York Times In his most prophetic thriller yet, Robin Cook goes behind the headlines on cloning and genetic manipulation, blending fact with fiction in this terrifying bestseller. In the jungles of equatorial Africa, a biotechnology giant has taken transplant surgery and animal research to a new level—where one mistake could bridge the evolutionary gap between man and ape and forever change the genetic map of our existence. Meanwhile, in New York City, Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery are working on a seemingly unrelated murder of a mobster, only to find some very odd things once their victim is on the autopsy table...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robin Cook
• Edition: Putnam Publishing Group
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format A
• Sortie: 01.04.1998
• EAN: 9780425161241
• ISBN: 978-0-425-16124-1
• Pages: 460
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 172 mm x 25 mm
• Thèmes: A Medical Thriller; A Medical Thriller; Medical Thriller; A Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery Novel
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general