Product Description
In his most prophetic novel, Robin Cook challenges the ethics of genetic manipulation and cloning. "Shocking and thought-provoking...Cook's best to date." (ssociated Press)

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 147 reviews)

One of Cook's best by G. Henson

4 Stars
November 08, 2009
This is a fun read complete with Mafia types, organ transplants and Cook's staple of big, bad medicine. The plot kept moving quickly with few dragging spots. While I don't believe medical technology has advanced to place Cook takes it, the premise seems plausible. I enjoyed it and think most others would as well.

Student Book Review by Brian K. Stephens

4 Stars
April 14, 2009
This was a replacement for a book that my daughter lost. It arrived in great shape and provided her the information she needed for her report. However, I paid for overnight delivery and did not receive the book for almost six days.

Cool and hot at the same time by Rachel (Houghton, MI)

4 Stars
December 01, 2008
In this fast-paced medical thriller, Cook develops two parallel and intersecting plots about scientists in Equatorial Guinea who are frantically exploring the ethics of genetic engineering, and medical examiners in New York who are stubbornly (and against all odds) determining the cause of death of a mysterious mobster-corpse. I found Cook's characters well-developed, his plot original, and his narrative both humorous and suspenseful. Although I am generally not a fan of authors who reuse characters (how often can once-in-a-lifetime adventures happen to one medical examiner?), I loved this book and recommend it to any fan of medical suspense. So far, this is my favorite Robin Cook book.

One of Cook's Best!!! by Anthony Pultrone (Marlton, NJ USA)

5 Stars
October 08, 2007
This is one of my favorite Robin Cook books. This rather prophetically scary story weaves together genetic engineering and cloning in humans and primates. Given rapid advances in modern technology, a story like this not only could come true any day, but do we really have any idea whether something like this is actually happening, without general public knowledge of it??? Think about it.

The Perils Of Genetic Engineering -- Interesting Topic, Gripping Action by F. Chloupek (Cleveland, OH)

4 Stars
February 04, 2007
I'm a bit puzzled by the slams of this book in some of the other reviews. I found the topic of the book intriguing and the action strong. Also the ending while admittedly "neat" didn't seem as abrupt or contrived as some of the other reviewers thought. In a nutshell, a murder victim in New York shows evidence of a recent liver transplant, oddly the victim has no record of such a procedure and no evidence of taking the needed anti-rejection drugs. Its almost like he was transplanted with his own liver. The connection is to an lab in Equatorial Guinea where a brilliant scientist has discovered a way to genetically engineer Bonobos to develop the perfect "clone" for a particular human's organs. However, the alteration of the Bonobos has other effects on them which leads to the pimates being a closer "host" to humanity than was initially intended... I found the action constant and gripping throughout the book. Yes there were a number of implausibilities or coincences as the book progressed, but that is something I typically anticipate in a thriller. What gave this book the little extra in my view was that the plot was more believable than other genetical engineering plots. The Bonobo idea is a direct extension of pig-based organ transplants, and the Bonobo may be the closest relative to a modern human (or at least very close to a chimpanzee) and the idea of them being used as an organ farm would have to take place in a more lawless country, but is still one that would be plausible. I hate not being able to give half stars since I would really put this at a 3.5, but in this case I'll do a round-up to 4 stars to counteract some of the other reviews.

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