Edited by anniekins at 10-07-2023 20:48
New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook returns withanother ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, where DNA science,biotechnology, and religion collide. I t's been more than thirty years since New York Citymedical examiner Jack Stapleton's college graduation and almost as long sincehe'd been in touch with former classmates Shawn Doherty and Kevin Murray. Oncea highly regarded ophthalmologist, Jack's career took a dramatic turn after atragic accident that destroyed his family. But that, too, is very much in thepast: Jack has remarried - to longtime colleague and fellow medical examinerLaurie Montgomery - and is the father of a young child. But his renegade,activist personality can't rest, and after performing a postmortem on a youngcollege student who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, Jack decidesto explore alternative medicine. What makes some people step outside themedical establishment to seek care from practitioners of Eastern philosophiesand even faith healers? Jack's classmate Shawn Doherty is now a renownedarcheologist and biblical scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whosetaste for good wine and generally deteriorating health are taking a toll on hiscareer. He has recently obtained permission for a final dig beneath SaintPeter's, and despite his long-standing grudge against the Catholic Church,begins his research - which eventually takes him to Jerusalem and Venice - onlyto make a startling discovery with ecclesiastical and medical implications. Andwhen Kevin Murray, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, gets wind ofShawn's findings, he's desperate to keep them from the public. Kevin has strongpolitical ambitions within the Church, but his association with Shawn threatensto undermine them. Kevin turns to his old friend Jack to help protect anexplosive secret - one with the power to change lives forever.
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