Coma
The blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre—the medical thriller—is now available in trade paperback for the first time.


They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others—all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures—were victims of the same inexplicable, hideous tragedy on the operating table. They never woke up.


Susan Wheeler is a third-year medical student working as a trainee at Boston Memorial Hospital. Two patients during her residency mysteriously go into comas immediately after their operations due to complications from anesthesia. Susan begins to investigate the causes behind both of these alarming comas and discovers the oxygen line in Operating Room 8 has been tampered with to induce carbon monoxide poisoning.


Then Susan discovers the evil nature of the Jefferson Institute, an intensive care facility where patients are suspended from the ceiling and kept alive until they can be harvested for healthy organs. Is she a participant in—or a victim of—a large-scale black market dealing in human organs?
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Coma
The blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre—the medical thriller—is now available in trade paperback for the first time.


They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others—all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures—were victims of the same inexplicable, hideous tragedy on the operating table. They never woke up.


Susan Wheeler is a third-year medical student working as a trainee at Boston Memorial Hospital. Two patients during her residency mysteriously go into comas immediately after their operations due to complications from anesthesia. Susan begins to investigate the causes behind both of these alarming comas and discovers the oxygen line in Operating Room 8 has been tampered with to induce carbon monoxide poisoning.


Then Susan discovers the evil nature of the Jefferson Institute, an intensive care facility where patients are suspended from the ceiling and kept alive until they can be harvested for healthy organs. Is she a participant in—or a victim of—a large-scale black market dealing in human organs?
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Coma

Coma

by Robin Cook
Coma

Coma

by Robin Cook

Overview

The blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre—the medical thriller—is now available in trade paperback for the first time.


They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others—all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures—were victims of the same inexplicable, hideous tragedy on the operating table. They never woke up.


Susan Wheeler is a third-year medical student working as a trainee at Boston Memorial Hospital. Two patients during her residency mysteriously go into comas immediately after their operations due to complications from anesthesia. Susan begins to investigate the causes behind both of these alarming comas and discovers the oxygen line in Operating Room 8 has been tampered with to induce carbon monoxide poisoning.


Then Susan discovers the evil nature of the Jefferson Institute, an intensive care facility where patients are suspended from the ceiling and kept alive until they can be harvested for healthy organs. Is she a participant in—or a victim of—a large-scale black market dealing in human organs?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316334464
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 09/23/2014
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 141,142
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Dr. Robin Cook is the author of thirty previous books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma. He divides his time between Boston and Florida.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Gripping, terrifying, fast-paced suspense."
—The New York Times

"Unnerving . . . will lower your temperature."
—Newsweek

"Strikes a deafening chord of terror."
—The Washington Post

"A chilling, fast-moving suspense thriller . . . un-put-downable."
—The Boston Globe

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