Resistant
Michael Palmer
Language: English
Pages: 480
ISBN: 1250030919
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
They kill without conscience or remorse. They are the most ruthless enemy we have ever faced. And they are one millionth our size...Prepare to be shocked-and mesmerized-by the latest novel of thrilling medical suspense from New York Times bestselling author Michael Palmer.
Dr. Lou Welcome never could have imagined what a sports injury would mean for his best friend, Cap Duncan. Surgeons manage to save Cap's shattered leg, but the open wound is the perfect breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader committed to eating Cap alive from the inside out. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, a teenaged girl is fighting for her life against the same microbe. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic-and the government scientist tasked with finding a cure has been kidnapped. And time has already run out...
"Of all [Palmer's] novels, this one has the most ambitious plot...and one of the best action scenes to ever appear in a medical thriller."-Associated Press
Turning to the Centers for Disease Control for help, Lou uncovers a link to the Society of One Hundred Neighbors, a terrorist organization whose members are holding our own health institutions hostage. Like the microbe itself, One Hundred Neighbors will stop at nothing to further its agenda. Now, from the hospital corridors where anything you touch can mean your end to the top corridors of domestic power in this war against humanity, Lou must put an end to a terrifying epidemic-if it doesn't kill him first.
"When it comes to inventive plots for medical thrillers, nobody does it better than Michael Palmer."-Huffington Post
here. I’m not seeing any sign of trouble. Still no word from Collins?… Let me finish checking this side, then I’ll go take a look for him.… Yeah, I know it’s getting dark. I’m not a fucking ninny, Ronnie. I can see. I got a flashlight right here.” Out in the open, with no place to run to or to hide, Lou and Vaill were just seconds away from being discovered. They remained flattened on the damp grass, asking questions of each other with their eyes. To Lou, their only option, a poor one, was
fluorescent lights. It had only been a few days since he was last in a hospital, but it felt much longer, and just the smell of the place filled him with relief. At times during the hours just past, Lou had serious doubts, but now he felt certain Cap Duncan was going to survive this ordeal. As if in warning against overconfidence, Cap’s respirations became shallower and slower. Come on, everyone … Come on! The scene as the electronic doors to the ER swung open was as familiar to Lou as his
learned of the Janus bacteria, he had assigned Reeves to look into it further. Later, when the stunning possibilities had become clear, he had made the physician the coordinator of the AP and helped him to form his team. It was Reeves who had convened this advisory committee videoconference. The members of the Society of One Hundred Neighbors blended with those around them as effectively as chameleons in a jungle. They wore business suits and ties to work, flannel shirts or uniforms or lab
make sense. Had Costello gone into the lab while he was having lunch with Bacon? Not possible. The giant would have had to pass right by them. Could Kazimi have fallen asleep by the fire and missed the man entering with large cartons and boxes of mice? Again, no way. But if Costello had not come through the Great Room to get from the boathouse to the lab, how had he gotten there? Bacon had been clear that there was only one way to get to the lab, and that was via the Great Room. It surely
image of Emily filled his mind. She had been a child the last time he had lied to her—too young to understand his dishonesty or to be ashamed of him. She was not too young now. The spell shattered like dropped crystal. Lou pulled the heavy glass away from his mouth and set it down. “Not today,” he said, wondering if Vicki could tell he was shaking. “I’ll get to a meeting later tonight.” “Good idea. We should go ahead and order something to eat. Then maybe you can go right from here.” “The