Seizure (novel)
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| Seizure h | |
| Author | Robin Cook |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Digital Vision |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 550 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-330-48306-4 |
| Preceded by | Shock |
| Followed by | Marker |
Seizure is the 2003 novel by American author Robin Cook.
Senator Ashley Butler is a quintessential Southern demagogue whose support of traditional American values includes a knee-jerk reaction against virtually all biotechnologies. When he's called to chair a subcommittee introducing legislation to ban new cloning technology, the senator views his political future in bold relief; and Dr. Daniel Lowell, inventor of the technique that will take stem cell research to the next level, sees a roadblock positioned before his biotech startup.
The two seemingly opposite personalities clash during the senate hearings, but the men have a common desire. Butler's hunger for political power far outstrips his concern for the unborn; and Lowell's pursuit of gargantuan personal wealth and celebrity overrides any considerations for patients' well-being. Further complicating the proceedings is the confidential news that Senator Butler has developed Parkinson's disease-leading the senator and the researcher into a Faustian pact. In a perilous attempt to prematurely harness Lowell's new technology, the therapy leaves the senator with the horrifying effects of temporal lobe epilepsy-seizures of the most bizarre order.
Torn from the headlines, Seizure is a cautionary tale for a time where biotechnology pulls us into a promising yet frightening new world.
