Abduction (A Medical Thriller) by Robin Cook (Epub)

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The world’s bestselling master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook skillfully combines human drama and high-tech thrills with the latest breakthroughs and controversies of modern medicine. Now, in his most daring novel yet, a mysterious transmission from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean leads a crew of oceanographers and divers to a phenomenon beyond scientific understanding – a discovery that will change everything we know about life on Earth…

User’s Reviews

Amazon.com Review Perry Berg is president of Benthic Marine and a passenger aboard The Benthic Explorer, a 450-foot research ship endeavoring to drill into, and sample for the first time, the earth’s magma core. Also onboard are the lovely Dr. Suzanne Newell; ex-navy commander and present submersible skipper Donald Fuller; and navy-cum-Neanderthal divers Richard Adams and Michael Donaghue. It is this cast of characters who, with the reluctant Perry, dive to the stilled drill site in order to make repairs. En route, they are sucked (or suckered) into a defunct undersea volcano and deposited into an otherworldly wonderland. That takes about 75 pages of fairly cogent spadework. The next 375 pages sprout some of the looniest, most derivative, made-for-TV-movie science fiction imaginable. Our heroes, you see, have been abducted to Interterra, an undersea world of staggering beauty and unheard of technologies–intergalactic travel and eternal life, for starters–populated by stunningly beautiful, toga-wearing, first-generation humans. First-generation? They were here first, see, and had been doing very nicely until their scientists realized that the earth was about to be “showered with planetesimal collisions, just as had happened in its primordial state,” and that they had better start digging. While the Interterrans prospered and thrived undersea, we, the second generation, began hauling our single-celled bodies up by our ooze-straps and started all over again. And that’s about it. People with names like Arak and Sufa speak strangely, giggle at the primitive second-generationists, recoil at the very thought of violence, press their palms together to have sex, and direct “worker clones” to do the dishes while the second generation does its stereotypical best to, in turns, exemplify, define, and defile humankind. If you’ve yet to read Robin Cook’s innumerable (and mostly successful) medical thrillers, start now. If you want to read about an alternative world, start off right with H.G. Wells’s 1895 masterpiece, The Time Machine. –Michael Hudson –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ This is probably my favorite book by Robin Cook. I love the way he explored the possibilities of another world under the ocean. I found the beginning to be incredibly suspenseful, not knowing what was going to happen to them in their mini sub 20,000 feet under the surface. Each point they passed taking them further into this new world was more intriguing than the previous. The way he describes these other worldly beings really makes you think about the possibilities out there. I thought the ending was quite fitting, and I’ve thought on more than one occasion that I wish I had a follow up book to know what happens to everyone after the book ends. I’ve read this book several times it’s one of my favorite books overall and definitely a favorite by Robin Cook.

⭐ As usual Robin Cook finds an intriguing scientific concept and finds a way to wrap an engaging story around it. I enjoyed seeing non -medical from him. However one of Robin Cook’s problems is that he understands people’s bodies far better than the hearts of people. His characters become so stereotyped in this book they’re ridiculous and the intriguing idea comes off as being more half baked than usual. The dialog in this story is quite bad. But the idea that there could be a quite ancient and highly evolved civilization in the Moho is really interesting and his thoughts about what it might be like is amazing. It’s not totally thought out but it certainly outlined far enough to make hours of pleasant speculation possible. That is very rare in popular fiction these days. Well, Robin Cook can certainly afford to produce a clinker once in a while. I just wish this one failure would have taught him a bit more and that he would venture back into this world beneath the surface again — this time leaving some of his stereotypes behind with the microbes the visitors decontaminated them from.

⭐ I’ve read this book twice and thoroughly enjoyed the concept. My only negative reaction stems from two of the characters who are unnecessarily portrayed overly declasse to make a point regarding the male attitude to women and the gay community.I’ve always enjoyed the works of Robin Cook and this was a departure from his familiar territory. Good attempt here though the story does drag a bit as Cook applies too much of the diagnostic thinking used in his medical thrillers to a fantasy story that should have been a little less detailed.

⭐ Surprise ending cuts it short! There must be another book to reveal what happens to the castaways!!! Wonderful science fiction book. A break from the medical thrillers that he usually writes!!! I’m not sure what I like better. What a different perspective from him. It is a must read!! Very different.

⭐ First off, let me say, the abduction in the title is not by aliens from outer space. In fact, just the opposite, but that’s all I’ll say so as not to spoil the imaginative and suspenseful plot of this sci-fi thriller. Robin Cook is one of the few writers whose books I will read automatically, without even glancing at the cover synopsis, he’s that good. He’s never failed to entertain, and this latest book is no exception. Once again, he varies from his usual medical thriller format (see Invasion) and pulls it off nicely. The story moves right along, always prompting you to read further to see what happens next or to explore the fascinating details of the advanced alternate culture within. The characters are varied and interesting, and his writing style is, as usual, excellent. I’m not sure what those who gave it a low rating were looking for, but if you’re looking for an enjoyable, fascinating book to read, especially if you’re a sci-fi fan, don’t miss this one!

⭐ After reading the first few pages, read the ending couple of pages and basically knew what was in between. Some of his books take some time to get into, this was one.

⭐ A real nail biter!! A refreshing departure from the usual medical thriller!! We need a sequal, thank you very much!!

⭐ Robin Cook always writes a great story. This one is really good and was hard to put down. Be prepared to be surprised!

⭐ This is a favorite of mine of all this authors books. Story if very unbelievable but isstill love it.

⭐ I read this book 10yrs. ago and enjoyed it so much I thought I would read it again. It is very different then all the other books Robin Cook has wrote.There is no medical drama in this book. It was a sci-fi book. I would recommend this book to sci-fi lovers.The best part of this book was the very surprising end.

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