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Omega

by Patrick Lynch · 1997

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Los Angeles is under siege. A fatal bacteria is spreading out of control. No drug known to modern medicine can stop it ... a genetically engineered antibiotic that could be mankind's only prayer. A phantom drug that may not even exist. The last hope for respected surgeon Marcus Ford, whose thirteen-year-old-daughter lies deathly ill. A relentlessly suspenseful medical thriller that has already begun to come true ...

Genre
thrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 432 pages

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