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Gravity (A)

Gravity (A)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: His Love is so Far Away, Can He Get to Her in Time?
Review: This is a story that takes place in the not far off future. NASA has a space station in orbit and a deadly virus, the result of a secret Army experiment, gets loose aboard. One of the crew dies and Dr. Emma Watson, who is going through a divorce from Doctor Jack McCallum, a man she still loves, goes up on the shuttle to replace him. The returning shuttle crew gets infected as they bring the body back and they all die. Then one by one the crew aboard the station dies too, till only Emma is left.

Back on Earth, Jack, who still loves Emma too, works frantically to find a cure. But even if he does, he's afraid the Army will not let them take it up to his wife. He believes they're going to leave her to die. However, there's a struggling company that has designed a small shuttle like vehicle and they've bought a Russian rocket. So now all Jack has to do is find the cure, get himself aboard that tiny shuttle and ride that Russian rocket, but even if all that is possible, can he get to Emma in time?

Gravity is a thrilling story that had me burning the midnight oil and as a bonus, I learned an awful about our astronaut corps and what makes the men who go to space tick. This is a super read that I can't recommend highly enough.

Reviewed by Leeann Douglass

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fast-paced, Creepy & Extremely Well-Written
Review: This is my second reading of my favorite Gerritsen book so far. Dr. Emma Watson is on the International Space Station doing scientific experiments when something goes terribly wrong. One of the crew is afflicted with stomach pains, vomiting and blood-red eyes. Soon, he's dead and his body seems to be liquifying before their very eyes. NASA is being told they have to abandon their astronauts; they have no clue what is happening to their crew members, so they can't allow it to come here and kill more people. But Jack McCallum, Emma's soon-to-be ex-husband, is back on earth trying to figure out what has gone wrong - and how to save Emma and the rest of the crew from dying from this strange disease that has somehow made it onto the space station. Where did it come from? How did it make it through all the security regulations for an ISS experiment?

I loved this book - it's fast paced, creepy, and extremely well-written!



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