Omega

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Summary: NOT TO BE MISSED!
Review: I have read all P.Lynch's books(except The Immaculate Conception which by the way am deperately searching)and all have been outstanding and this one was no let down.The twists and turns in all his books are always brilliant.In this particular book the topic is original and deeply alarming.The characters are really convincing(Dr.Ford just won't let go).I'll have to be on the lookout for his new one FIGURE OF EIGHT soon to be released.As a footnote thanks Mr Philip Sington for replying to my e-mail last October 98 ,unfortunately I still haven't got hold of the book in question THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.If you read this review Mr Sington please keep me posted.

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Summary: A dangerously addictive book!
Review: Omega is a chilling medical thriller that immediately caught my attention. It tells about a multi-resistant,fatal bacteria that has taken control of Los Angeles. The story makes you start to wonder about how something as simple as a sore throat can become a nightmare. The story centers around the life of surgeon Marcus Ford. Ford is your average forty something year old going through a mid-life crisis. And not only does he have the stress of a doctor who can save a life one day and not be as lucky the next time,but he's also widowed. And he is having problems trying to understand the nature of his ever-changing, teenage daugther. One day he makes a speech and meets two new people, from that day on his life would never be the same. Before he knows it, his life is out of control.But he must take control of it once again for the sake of his fatally ill daugther.He is Sunny's only hope and he has to struggle against time to get Omega,a drug that may not even exist! I think "Omega" is and outstanding book that can feel so realisic and possible sometimes that it's freightning. I personally read in just hours and I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a book with a great plot and subplots full of twists and turns!

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Summary: Carries the medical thriller into a whole new league
Review: Set in a racially-divided and cash-strapped city of Los Angeles 'Omega' follows trauma surgeon Marcus Ford as he races to uncover the truth behind a revolutionary new drug that is only rumoured to exist. At stake are the lives of a fast-growing number of trauma patients and - ultimately - that of his own daughter. The twists and turns of Ford's story make for brilliant (if at times traumatic!) entertainment, but what is most impressive about this book is the way it seizes on what seems to be a genuine crisis: namely, that we may be heading for a medical dark age because our old armory of drugs has been rendered obsolete by anew generations of bacteria. The arrival in the USA just this month of a seemingly invinincible superbug shows just how on-the-money Lynch is. Riveting, original and deeply alarming

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Summary: Endless and Slow
Review: The story behind this book is what first caught my attention; overuse of antibiotics. It's a serious problem in today's society. The book is about a string of drug-resistant antibodies that are running loose in LA. The doctor, who is trying his hardest to fight this problem, faces a multitude of problems trying to find an answer. There is supposedly a cure, but only Dr. Ford can determine how much he's willing to sacrifice just to find the cure. It's a long and drawn out book that could have been about 200 pages shorter. The plot has been done to death by so many other authors. Don't bother with this one.

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Summary: Endless and Slow
Review: The story behind this book is what first caught my attention; overuse of antibiotics. It's a serious problem in today's society. The book is about a string of drug-resistant antibodies that are running loose in LA. The doctor, who is trying his hardest to fight this problem, faces a multitude of problems trying to find an answer. There is supposedly a cure, but only Dr. Ford can determine how much he's willing to sacrifice just to find the cure. It's a long and drawn out book that could have been about 200 pages shorter. The plot has been done to death by so many other authors. Don't bother with this one.

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Summary: Highly compelling
Review: This book was an eduction for me, since I didn't know much about the worlds of medicine or microbes. The story follows the slow but deadly progress of a harmless bacterium that passes the' trick' of multi-resistance to other, much more dangerous bugs. But 'Omega' isn't at all the end-of-the-world garbage I was afraid it would be. We witness the crisis deepen and develop from the point-of-view of Dr Marcus Ford, as it closes down his ward and affects his personal life. The ending was also much more philosophical and interesting than I expected. The arguments and outlooks of the major characters are challenging and compelling. Just when would you deploy a drug of last resort, knowing it's the last weapon in your armory? A very interesting book indeed.

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Summary: GOOD & PLENTY! GOOD story with PLENTY of Scary Stuff!
Review: This is a Really Great Book! I enjoyed this story great, the characters are great, the action is great, plot thickens wonderfully. Lynch hits the mark with this completely gross bug that kills everything in its way. Watch out for that little tickle in your throat..it might be Omega!!