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Personality-altering drug unlocks Salem secrets, blurring lines of acceptable risk.

Acceptable Risk

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 1996

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Summary

The bestselling “master of the medical thriller” confronts one of the most compelling issues of our time: personality-altering drugs and the complex moral questions they raise.

When neuroscientist Edward Armstrong begins dating Kimberly Stewart, a descendant of a woman who was hanged as a witch at the time of the Salem witch trials, he takes advantage of the opportunity to delve into a pet theory: that the “devil” in Salem in 1692 had been a hallucinogenic drug inadvertently consumed …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780425151860
ISBN-10:0425151867
Author:Robin Cook
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin Putnam Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:1 February 1996
Weight:221g
Dimensions:27mm x 107mm x 171mm
Series:A Medical Thriller
Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook - ISBN: 9780425151860
107 × 171 mm
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Critics Review

Praise for Robin Cook and Acceptable Risk:

“Cook can write up a storm and spin a taut tale… A master.”—Kirkus Reviews

“The master of the medical thriller keeps the suspense mounting and the pages turning.”—San Francisco Chronicle

About The Author

Robin Cook

Robin Cook, M.D., is the author of more than thirty books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma. He divides his time among Florida, New Hampshire, and Boston. His most recent novels include Host, Cell, and Nano.

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