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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Publication date
September 3, 2010
Pages
448
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780330509855
ISBN-10
0330509853
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Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$12.60
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, where DNA science, biotechnology, and religion collide.
I t's been more than thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton's college graduation and almost as long since he'd 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 longtime colleague and fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery-and is the father of a young child. But his renegade, activist personality can't rest, and after performing a postmortem on a young college student who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, Jack decides to explore 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 archeologist and biblical scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose taste for good wine and generally deteriorating health are taking a toll on his career. He has recently obtained permission for a final dig beneath Saint Peter's, and despite his long-standing grudge against the Catholic Church, begins his research-which eventually takes him to Jerusalem and Venice -only to make a startling discovery with ecclesiastical and medical implications. And when James O'Rourke, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, gets wind of Shawn's findings, he's desperate to keep them from the public. James has strong political ambitions within the Church, but his association with Shawn threatens to undermine them. James turns to his old friend Jack to help protect an explosive secret-one with the power to change lives forever.
I t's been more than thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton's college graduation and almost as long since he'd 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 longtime colleague and fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery-and is the father of a young child. But his renegade, activist personality can't rest, and after performing a postmortem on a young college student who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, Jack decides to explore 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 archeologist and biblical scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose taste for good wine and generally deteriorating health are taking a toll on his career. He has recently obtained permission for a final dig beneath Saint Peter's, and despite his long-standing grudge against the Catholic Church, begins his research-which eventually takes him to Jerusalem and Venice -only to make a startling discovery with ecclesiastical and medical implications. And when James O'Rourke, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, gets wind of Shawn's findings, he's desperate to keep them from the public. James has strong political ambitions within the Church, but his association with Shawn threatens to undermine them. James turns to his old friend Jack to help protect an explosive secret-one with the power to change lives forever.
Editions
Hardcover
from Pan Macmillan (February 5, 2010)
9780230743632 | details & prices | 448 pages | List price $31.70
About: After performing a post-mortem on a young college student who'd been recently treated by a chiropractor, Jack Stapleton, a New York City medical examiner, decides to explore alternative medicine.
About: After performing a post-mortem on a young college student who'd been recently treated by a chiropractor, Jack Stapleton, a New York City medical examiner, decides to explore alternative medicine.
from Putnam Pub Group (August 11, 2009)
9780399155703 | details & prices | 387 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.75 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $25.95
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (August 11, 2009)
9781410415912 | details & prices | 585 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $34.95
About: A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, where DNA science, biotechnology and religion collide.
About: A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, where DNA science, biotechnology and religion collide.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Pan Macmillan (September 3, 2010)
9780330509855 | details & prices | 448 pages | List price $12.60
About: New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, where DNA science, biotechnology, and religion collide.
About: New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, where DNA science, biotechnology, and religion collide.
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (July 6, 2010)
9781594133855 | details & prices | 583 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.18 lbs | List price $15.99
Reprint edition from Putnam Pub Group (June 29, 2010)
9780425235386 | details & prices | 431 pages | 4.50 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $9.99
Miscellaneous
from Berkley Pub Group (August 11, 2009)
9781101130063 | details & prices | 448 pages | List price $8.99
CD/Spoken Word
With George Guidall (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Penguin/Highbridge (August 11, 2009)
9780143144571 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.25 × 1.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $39.95
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