by Robin Cook
(1988)
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
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A harrowing medical nightmare on the cutting edge of genetic research. Mortal Fear goes beyond the shocking chills of Comaand the sweeping panic of Outbreak … into the controversial future of modern medicine. At a large Boston clinic, a world-class biologist stumbles upon a miraculous discovery, a major scientific breakthrough. Soon, healthy, middle-aged patients are dying of old age. And the ultimate experiment in terror begins …
Jason Howard used his career as a doctor to escape a private tragedy. Until his own patients started dying from massive heart attacks. When his own colleague becomes the next victim, Jason is finally forced to act. A decision that could cost him his life …
Before his death, Doctor Alvin Hayes had been on the verge of a secret medical breakthrough. What was one more murder to the conspirators who had inherited his crown? About The Author: A bestselling author for many years, Dr. Robin Cook has written twenty-four previous novels. He is currently on leave from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and lives and works in Florida.
