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La ciencia médica se ve desbordada por una enfermedad desconocida, una enfermedad cuyos orígenes no son de este planeta...El estudiante universitario Beau Stark fue el primero en recoger uno de los extraños discos negros que habia por toda la ciudad. Al principio dolia como la picadura de una abeja. Mas tarde tomo los sintomas de un resfriado comun. Poco a poco fue convirtiendose en una virulenta infeccion.Todo comenzo hace millones de años, mucho antes de la aparicion del ser humano, con la visita de unos misteriosos extraterrestres. Ahora solo unos pocos hombres y mujeres seran capaces de investigar y comprender en toda su magnitud la pavorosa pesadilla que se cierne sobre el planeta. ¿Seran capaces de evitar sus nefastas consecuencias?

Ambientada en diversas ciudades de Estados Unidos, esta electrizante novela recrea la peripecia de un grupo de médicos y biólogos que emprenden una desesperada carrera contra el tiempo para evitar la

New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton returns in the stunning new novel from the master of the medical thriller-a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an innovative doctor

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.

The explosive new thriller from New York Timesbestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook.Lynn Peirce, a fourth-year medical student at South Carolinas Mason-Dixon University, thinks she has her life figured out. But when her otherwise healthy boyfriend, Carl, enters the hospital for routine surgery, her neatly ordered life is thrown into total chaos. Carl fails to return to consciousness after the procedure, and an MRI confirms brain death.Devastated by Carls condition, Lynn searches for answers. Convinced theres more to the story than what the authorities are willing to reveal, Lynn uses all her resources at Mason-Dixonincluding her initially reluctant lab partner, Michael Penderto hunt down evidence of medical error or malpractice.

Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallout from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as "hybrid operating rooms of the future"--an improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results in the death of an otherwise healthy man.

Charlatans is an explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook. Noah Rothauser is the new super chief resident at the state-of-the-art Boston Memorial Hospital. Taking on such a prestigious job is a dream come true, but the pressures of the role become all too clear when a seemingly routine operation ends in disaster. With potential foul play suspected it falls to Noah to investigate what happened. Questioning those involved uncovers bitter feuds within the team when the egotistical Dr. William Mason is quick to blame staff anesthesiologist Dr. Ava London for the tragic outcome. However Dr. London, along with the nursing staff, point the finger at the surgeon. When two more unexpected deaths occur, Noah is forced to look closer at the impressively competent, charming, yet mysterious Dr. London. With his own job and integrity coming into jeopardy, Noah must decide which doctor is at fault and who he can believe - before any more lives are lost . . .