- Paperback: 9999 pages
- Publisher: Pan; 5 edition (11 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330389904
- ISBN-13: 978-0330389907
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 326,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Doctor Cook, King of the Mind-bending Medical Thriller (from Coma to Invasion to Toxin), returns with a swoon-worthy killer-poison more dangerous than any before it. A vector, as in the title, is a carrier that transmits an infectious agent from one host to another. Back from Chromosome 6 (1997) are Drs. Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery, forensic pathologists in the New York Chief Medical Examiner's office. The first victim to come under their scope is Jason Papparis, a rug dealer who inhaled a fatal dust sent to him in a small box - how grisly, how amusing, a rug dealer murdered by dust! Also on hand at the morgue is dead and mutilated young skinhead Brad Cassidy, victim of the People's Aryan Army, which has been recruiting skinheads as shock troops and "tapping into that well of hatred and violence the music has engendered" (in Cookprose, music can engender a well). The pathologists find that Papparis died of anthrax. As it happens, a disaffected Russian, Yuri Davydov, once a low-level worker in a Russian bioweapons lab, has managed to get himself into the US and turn Manhattan cab driver. An anti-Semite, Yuri feels dismissed as a human being by American Zionists and has set up a bioweapons lab in his basement in Brighton Beach, undertaking what he calls Operation Revenge. Meanwhile, he falls in with ex-military noncoms Steve Henderson and Curt Rogers, who are now NYC firemen as well as followers of the People's Aryan Army. The three hatch a plot to avenge Ruby Ridge by releasing Yuri's anthrax into the ventilation system of the 40-story Jacob Javits building, while Yuri also really wants to stick it to Manhattan's Jews by encircling Central Park with a ring of the incredibly infectious toxin. What can a mere pair of pathologists do to stop this crew of nuts? Cook himself believes that a bioterrorist event is, without question, locked into our future. Not really a thought to minimize, as his cautionary tale observes. (Kirkus Reviews)
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A riveting thriller that speculates about the horror of bioterrorism - the latest urban nightmare.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is a great book by robin cook. Several deaths occur, that seem totally unconnected, but you eventually find out they are all intertwined and are linked to one another in some way or other. Robin Cook does well in capturing the audiences attention, and keeps you waiting in suspense for the whole book. This is a great read and I recommend this to anyone who enjoys detective novels, mystery, or just a great read! you won't be disappointed!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book deals with two themes intertwined - the alienation of the immigrant whose has failed to acheive the American Dream and the terrifying possibility of the technology for germ warfare falling into fanatical and unscrupulous hands. The book follows Cooks established pattern of an individual who stands out against the inertia of beurocracy and the interests of politicians and money makers and saves the day by self sacrifice, determination and skill. The book moved with pace and a growing sense of urgency as it pushed towards it's climax which contained an interesting twist. A thoroughly good read
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first Robin Cook book I've read and I have to admit that I was highly impressed. I read it in about 4 days and am dying to start Contagion which I picked up at the same time.
The story centers around the seemingly unconnected deaths of a rug importer and an obese African-American female. Dr Jack Stapleton is a Medical Examiner in Manhattan investigating both cases. A workaholic who has a tendency to `poke his nose' where it doesn't belong Jack soon finds surprising results for the deaths of his two patients.
Meanwhile, Russian Yuri Davydov, has gotten tied up with the Peoples Aryan Army, a skinhead movement intent on bringing their government to its knees. The plan is for Yuri to use the skills he acquired in Russia as a technician in a bioweapons factory to manufacture enough anthrax to decimate Manhattan. In return the PAA will supply the materials Yuri needs to exact revenge on the American public for reducing him to a lowly taxi-driver after he tried so hard to reach American and live the "American dream" he had heard so much about.
This was a really engrossing story and one that had me sucked in from the very first page. The story was plausible if somewhat corny in places but all in all it was a brilliant introduction to Robin Cook and a book I'd recommend to anyone who likes thrillers. I especially loved the fact that the ending came in the last few pages.....it really keeps you engrossed until the very end and there was none of the `filler' that some thrillers are reduced to these days to bulk up a book and `fill' it with unnecessary drivel.
The story centers around the seemingly unconnected deaths of a rug importer and an obese African-American female. Dr Jack Stapleton is a Medical Examiner in Manhattan investigating both cases. A workaholic who has a tendency to `poke his nose' where it doesn't belong Jack soon finds surprising results for the deaths of his two patients.
Meanwhile, Russian Yuri Davydov, has gotten tied up with the Peoples Aryan Army, a skinhead movement intent on bringing their government to its knees. The plan is for Yuri to use the skills he acquired in Russia as a technician in a bioweapons factory to manufacture enough anthrax to decimate Manhattan. In return the PAA will supply the materials Yuri needs to exact revenge on the American public for reducing him to a lowly taxi-driver after he tried so hard to reach American and live the "American dream" he had heard so much about.
This was a really engrossing story and one that had me sucked in from the very first page. The story was plausible if somewhat corny in places but all in all it was a brilliant introduction to Robin Cook and a book I'd recommend to anyone who likes thrillers. I especially loved the fact that the ending came in the last few pages.....it really keeps you engrossed until the very end and there was none of the `filler' that some thrillers are reduced to these days to bulk up a book and `fill' it with unnecessary drivel.
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I should have learned my lesson from Seizure
I now understand why the two Robin Cook books I bought as part of a 3 for a fiver deal were in the remainder shop in the first place. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2008 by A. Chell
Hmmmmm...not the best
the book started off reasonably well until i found that the author was very fond of repeating certain words at infinatum. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2004
Bumbling Losers Fail!
Most writers set up the villains as pretty challenging characters (such as occurs in the James Bond novels). Read more
Published on 26 May 2004 by Donald Mitchell
FANTASTIC
The king of the medical thriller is definately robin cook!I have read 6 of his books and am trying to get more but this is the very best book ever. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2003
Infectious
Vector catches the imagination of listners, a gripping plot and excellent characters and unexpectd twists puts you in suspence up till the last word.
Published on 30 April 2003 by "lil_rey_de"
Poor characterisation and weak plot sums it up
I bought this book with a view to enjoying a little escapism entertainment on my holiday. Instead, I got a book filled with two-dimensional characters and a turgid storyline that... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2000
The anarchists are poised to pounce..and we think we're safe
In his novel Robin Cook explains how simple it is for a disillusioned Russian ex-lab technician to develop biological weapons in his basement. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2000
Not as gripping as his earlier work
Recently, I've become increasingly disappointed by Robin Cook's work. His earlier books (e.g. Coma) were much more fast-paced and seemed to hold the reader's interest more... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 1999
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