New York City cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disgruntled Russian immigrant poised to lash out at the adoptive nation he believes has denied him the American Dream. A former technician in the Soviet biological weapons system, Yuri possesses the knowledge to wreak havoc in his new home. But before he executes his plan city-wide, he experiments first on his suspicious live-in girlfriend, then on a few poor-tipping fares.... Forensic pathologists Dr. Jack Stapleton and Dr. Laurie Montgomery (both last seen in Chromosome 6) begin to witness some unusual cases in the city's medical examiner's office. But the question soon becomes whether the pair will solve the puzzle before Yuri unleashes into the streets of New York the ultimate terror: a modern bioweapon. With signature skill, Robin Cook has crafted a page-turning thriller rooted in up-to-the-minute biotechnology. Vector is all-too-plausible fiction at its terrifying best.
New York City cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disgruntled Russian emigre poised to lash out at the adoptive nation he believes has denied him the American Dream. A former techinician in the Soviet Unions's biological weapons system programme, Yuri possesses the knowledge to wreak havocin his new home. But before he executes his planned piece de resistance of vengeance, he experiments on selectd targets.
What foresight. This book was written pre 9/11. I was glued, for the most part, to this story from the beginning. I wasn't too impressed with the ending. It was worth my time to read.
An all too real story of a bio weapon being unleashed in NYC. Makes you feel a little less secure. Robin Cook at his finest!!
This book is a series of two Medical Examiner's in New York that alway seem to get into some sort of trouble as they solve the most unique crimes while still finding time to sort through their private lives.....Can't say more about Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton. Several books are currently available in this series: Vector, Marker, Contagion and chromosone 6 ...Crisis is the latest in the series. You will throughly enjoy them....once you start reading you can't put them down plus you learn so much about the medical field and the scary things that truly go on inside their quiet walls where they don't necessarily want the public to know about.
A disgruntled Russion Biochemist experimenting in New York -- classic Cook.
A disgruntled Russian is poised to lash out at the adoptive nation he believes has denied him the american dream. He possesses the knowledge to unleash into the streets of NYC the ultimate terror: a modern bioweapon.
