Invasion
(Robin Cook)
The first sign of the invasion is the simultaneous explosion of
electronic equipment during a meteor shower. The second is the
appearance of a mysterious flu-like illness. This flu is nasty
but short-lived for most, but deadly for those with chronic conditions
such as diabetes or epilepsy. Those who survive are strangely
changed: stronger, seemingly obsessed with environmental issues
and with sex, and having the ability to communicate wordlessly with
others of their kind. As more become changed by the illness,
those who have not been infected find themselves threatened.
?Invasion? is a medical science-fiction thriller. The questions
pile up from chapter to chapter. What ruined all the electronic
equipment? What is the source of the flu? How is it
transmitted? Why do people seem so changed by the illness?
What is its origin? How can it be defeated? Can its effects
be reversed?
The first to be affected is Beau Stark, a brilliant college student
just about to graduate. His fiancee Cassy and their friend Pitt
are disturbed by the changes in Beau and seek help from Dr. Sheila
Miller, head of the university medical center?s emergency
department. Homicide detective Jesse Kemper becomes involved when
he is called to investigate the bizarre death of a cleaner in the
medical center; not only was the man killed, but the hospital room
fixtures were melted and twisted. The group shortly seeks the
further help of a virologist and her physicist husband. As more
and more people become infected, the personality changes become more
recognisable, the outlook more terrifying, and the possible answers
more bizarre.
In no time at all, the small group is forced to flee their homes and
the hospital, pursued by the very agencies that should be helping to
find the answers. The contagion quickly spreads from California
across the United States, and then to the rest of the world.
Humanity is facing extinction.
As the story winds to its conclusion, it seems impossible that mankind
could survive. The plot keeps the reader guessing and cheering
for the home team right to the last page.
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