Resistant Author: Michael Palmer | Language: English | ISBN:
B00H0V0700 | Format: PDF
Resistant Description
They fight without conscience or remorse. Their only job is to kill. They are the most ruthless enemy we have ever faced.
And they are one millionth our size.
When Dr. Lou Welcome fills in last minute for his boss at a national conference in Atlanta he brings along his best friend, Cap Duncan. But an accident turns tragic when Cap injures his leg while running. Surgeons manage to save the leg, but the open wound is the perfect breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader committed to eating Cap alive from the inside out. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, a teenaged girl is fighting for her life against the same bacteria. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic and the government scientist tasked with finding a cure has been kidnapped. Turning to the Centers for Disease Control for help, Lou Welcome uncovers a link to a shadowy group known as One Hundred Neighbors that has infiltrated our society and is using our health institutions as hostages. Like the deadly germs they can unleash, One Hundred Neighbors will stop at nothing to further their agenda. From the hospital corridors where anything you touch can mean your end, to the top corridors of power in this race against time, Lou must stop an epidemic, save his best friend, and face even his own most terrifying demons.From the
New York Times bestselling author comes another heart stopping thriller that will make you look at the world around you in a new and frightening way.
"When you open the pages of a Michael Palmer novel, you know you are in the hands of a pro." —
The Huffington Post- Print Length: 400 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press (May 20, 2014)
- Sold by: Macmillan
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00H0V0700
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,725 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I'm going to break this review down into two segments, the first half being a review of the book as a work of fiction, the second being a caveat to potential readers.
PART 1: As a medical thriller, RESISTANT is a good read. It's exciting, fast paced, well-written and has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing. The main characters are reasonbly well-developed and realistic, as is the dialogue. While at times a bit simplistic, in general it makes for a few hours of good entertainment. I found that it held my interest well and that I wanted to keep reading to see what would happen next. On that basis, I'd give RESISTANT an objective rating of FOUR STARS.
PART 2: Let me first state that I have no objection to interjecting political bias into a work of fiction or the use of literature to disseminate political ideologies. Many works of great literature are vehicles serving just such a purpose. When you buy such works, you kind of know what you're getting. I have zero objection to author Michael Palmer including one here, either. But, quite frankly, as mass-market thrillers aren't the usual place you'd find such propagandizing, it might behoove the publisher to give potential readers an inkling of such bias by being a bit more forthcoming in the "blurb" rather than have 1/3 of your customers irritated (the other 1/3's being equally divided between people who'll love it and those who neither notice nor care!). So, this is merely a caveat for readers to enable them to make an informed choice about whether or not RESISTANT would be something they like.
Michael Palmer died unexpectedly a few months ago in October of 2013. “Resistant” is the author’s twentieth and final novel. It stands alone, but it’s the third book in the author’s Dr. Lou Welcome series. The novel was complete and at the publisher before he died.
I was curious to read his final novel. In the past, I’d enjoyed the rich medical details, tight plotting, suspense, and intrigue of his earlier works. The author’s untimely death saddened me and reawakened my interest in his work. I was curious how his writing might have changed over the years. I knew that he was a skilled commercial storyteller of unapologetically formulaic medical thrillers. It was a genre that has always held my interest, but lately, there seemed to be so many new and talented writers in this arena, I had no time or interest to return to Michael Palmer. Not until now.
What I discovered immediately about this Lou Welcome series is that the author had branched out into a crossover genre half way between political and medical thrillers. The novel is still packed with his signature, testosterone-filled action, suspense and medical detail, but there is a major controversial political issue at its core. It’s the same issue that’s currently dividing our Nation. If you’re on the liberal side of this issue, this book may please you. If you’re on the conservative side, it will probably make you angry. Whatever side you’re on, I’m sure you’ll recognize that the politics at its core is a gross distortion that adds nothing to the political debate.
“Resistant” is about a small clandestine group of ultra-fanatic right-wing conservatives. They call themselves the Society of One Hundred Neighbors. They came into existence in the era of FDR and Ayn Rand.
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