Contagion (novel)
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| Author | Robin Cook |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
| Publication date | December 1995 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 434 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-58060-075-1 |
| Preceded by | Terminal |
| Followed by | Acceptable Risk |
Contagion is a medical thriller written by Dr. Robin Cook.
[edit] Synopsis
After he loses first his midwestern ophthalmology practice to a for-profit medical giant and then his family to a commuter airline tragedy, Dr. John Stapleton's life is transformed to ashes. Feeling less the golden boy than a jaded cynic, Stapleton retrains in forensic pathology and relocates to find an uneasy niche for himself in a city that suits his changed perspective: the cold, indifferent, concrete maze of New York.
Stapleton thinks he is past pain and past caring, but as a series of virulent and extremely lethal illnesses - capped by a particularly deadly outbreak of a rare strain of influenza strikes the young, the old, and the innocent, his suspicions are aroused. When the apparent epicenters of these outbreaks are revealed to be hospitals and clinics controlled by the same for-profit giant that cannibalized his old ophthalmology practice, Stapleton fears he has stumbled upon a diabolic conspiracy of catastrophic proportions.
Getting at the truth leads to Stapleton's unlikely pairing - both professionally and personally - with Terese Hagen, an art director at a hot Madison Avenue advertising firm. Together they discover that the real explanation behind the killer contagion is even more Machiavellian than could be imagined.
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