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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.
Biografía del autor:
<P El doctor y escritor <B Robin Cook </B está considerado el creador del thriller médico y sigue siendo el novelista más importante del género. Es autor de más de treinta libros, todos grandes éxitos internacionales y traducidos a cuarenta idiomas. En sus novelas explora la implicación ética de los más actuales desarrollos médicos y biotécnicos. Cook no solo sabe cómo entretener a sus lectores, sino que a la vez alerta de cómo los adelantos de la medicina están en manos de grandes empresas cuya prioridad es siempre sacar el máximo beneficio. Muchas de sus novelas se han convertido en películas.</P <P Aparte de escribir, sus intereses son la arquitectura, el diseño de interiores, la restauración y el deporte. Actualmente vive entre Florida y New Hampshire.</P
Editorial PAN BOOKS
Fecha publicación 01-06-2010
Edición : 1
Número de páginas : 425
ISBN : 978-0-330-50985-5
Encuadernación: BOLSILLO RUSTICA
Tamaño: 0 x 0
Idioma: Inglés