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March 4, 1918. An army cook at Fort Riley, Kansas reported to the infirmary with a temperature of 103.1 degrees fahrenheit. Within two days, another 521 men became sick. It is one of the first recorded outbreaks of what came to be known as the Spanish flu. Living in the country, we fared better than those who lived in crowded conditions in the big cities. We were like one big, happy family, living in different houses. We held barn raisings, outdoor festivals, and church picnics. But at last, the plague of 1918 found us too, and that silent killer was about to drag us into hell.

Dr. Max Dent, a respected heart surgeon in Boston, was content to put his old life as an assassin for the Israeli Intelligence Services behind him. But when he agrees to execute one more mission, this time on American soil, Max finds himself drawn into a deadly terrorist plot. East and West, Fascism and terrorism, medicine and murder, come together in a threat unparalleled since the Holocaust. Max may be the world's best chance to stop it - if he can survive.

Dr. Russel Owen und sein Team müssen im Fall einer Gangschießerei ermitteln. Alles deutet auf eine blutige Auseinandersetzung zwischen verfeindeten Banden hin. Doch während auf den Straßen der Bronx ein Krieg in Gang gesetzt wird, folgen die Rechtsmediziner einer ganz anderen Spur - und die führt sie direkt in die Reihen der Polizei.

Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo hopes an extended cruise on the Indian Ocean with his girlfriend and his son will salve the wounds of the rough times they’ve been weathering at home. As they set sail coddled in unaccustomed luxury on the Coral Dynasty, things below deck are a little less sunny for the ship’s physician.

When America is hit with a pandemic - soon finding out it was a viral and biochemical attack from terrorists - the population is both shocked and relieved to quickly have a vaccine on hand to save them. Untested and rushed to market, the people don’t care. In droves they line up, hoping to avoid the deadly virus. Too late, they discover there is something much worse than the virus unleashed on the United States; something so hideous and terrifying, it will make the virus look like a bad case of the flu.

Powieść, której akcja rozgrywa się na morzu, w niełatwych warunkach izolacji od domu i najbliższych. Główny bohater to młody oficer marynarki, człowiek borykający się z wewnętrznymi rozterkami, które są równie trudne, co determinowana służbą na statku codzienność. W powieści pojawia się również intrygujący wątek kryminalny.

Hans och Kristin är ett medelålders par som båda jobbar inom vården i ett lagom stort svenskt samhälle. Gradvis blir deras grå vardag alltmer dramatisk när deras patienter och anhöriga drabbas av ett mystiskt sjukdomsutbrott. Den burdusa och karriärlystna Eva, överläkare på sjukhuset, tar befäl över situationen och spelar ett allt högre spel. Efterhand ansamlas tecknen på att smittspridningen är avsiktlig - men av vem, och varför?

Eine unsichtbare Bedrohung zieht auf - und sie ist absolut tödlich. Der Epidemieforscher Dr. Zol Szabo und sein Team werden zu einer High School im Herzen Ontarios gerufen, an der verängstigte Jugendliche aus unerklärlichen Gründen an Leberversagen sterben. Das Team vermutet einen Zusammenhang mit kontaminierten Billigzigaretten, die in der Nähe hergestellt werden. Als Zol schließlich dem millionenschweren Hauptakteur des illegalen Tabakhandels selbst gegenübersteht, wird ihm von ganz oben nahe gelegt, seine Ermittlungen einzustellen, bevor seine eigene Familie in Gefahr gerät.

Struggling to shake a shocking hangover, Mitch Walker finds himself intervening in an armed robbery. The bizarre outcome of this encounter leads him down a dangerous path into the ruthless LA underworld, where his chances of survival are slim. If you love edge-of-your-seat tension, strap yourself in for Prior Violations.

På en grönländsk fältstation har Peter Holm – chefsgeolog för framgångssagan Nobel Oil precis analyserat de sista borrproverna för vad som ser ut att bli världshistoriens mest lukrativa oljeäventyr. Alla; från det grönländska hjemmestyret till de kinesiska storinvesterarna är eld och lågor men framgångssagan tar en dramatisk vändning när Holm hittas död med en krater i bakhuvudet strax efter sin hemkomst till Köpenhamn.

Et dansk medicinalfirma har udviklet verdens første pille mod sorg, og på Aarhus Universitet er en forskningsgruppe ved at lægge sidste hånd på et studie, der blåstempler den nye medicin. Men psykologiprofessor Thorsten Gjeldsted får mistanke om, at nogen har manipuleret med tallene for at skjule en foruroligende bivirkning.

Dr Rea Dharmasena is devastated when she loses out on her dream research job to her med-school rival, Dr Julia Stone. When it comes to light that Julia got the job using Rea's own cutting-edge research, Rea just can't let it go. Until finally, just after a life-changing medical discovery, Julia is found dead. Now Rea has the dream job she's always wanted. A job she would kill for.

Susan has been trying for a baby for years, and when a one-night stand makes her dream come true, she’ll do anything to ensure her husband doesn’t find out - including the unthinkable. Her secret is safe. For now. But as governments embark on a genetic arms race and children around the globe start experiencing a host of distressing symptoms, something truly horrendous is unleashed. Because those children have only one thing in common and people are starting to ask questions.

In this pause-resisting, stand-alone suspense sequel, Bad Medicine, newlyweds Torrey and Matthew have graduated from medical school and are now new doctors at Kaiser hospital in San Diego. While there, they learn of a friend's young niece who has fallen victim to a doctor who is running a phony cancer treatment center. Putting their careers and marriage in jeopardy, Dr. Jamison and Dr. Preston agree to help their friend's family seek the ultimate revenge.

A furloughed middle-aged father of two tries to beat a band of international governmental-led crooked chemists to a unique religious artifact that is central to their plans for world contamination. Battling against his wife’s recent illness, a bruised ego, and a raw but unknowing apprentice, Tommy Parete and his sons, Luke and Nico, set out on a journey to find a cure for his wife while detouring the mad men from their evil quest along the way - all during a worldwide lockdown.

A tsunami strikes a small island in the Pacific Ocean, leaving destruction, madness, and a deadly disease outbreak in its wake. Under quarantine conditions and without the help of modern equipment, epidemiologists Madeline and Quinn must make sense of the bizarre outbreak. What they discover and what they take home with them will change lives forever.

My son has been taken. And I’ve been given a choice.... Kill a patient on the operating table. Or never see him again. The man lies on the table in front of me. As a surgeon, it’s my job to save him. As a mother, I know I must kill him. You might think that I’m a monster. But there really is only one choice. I must get away with murder. Or I will never see my son again.

John, a courier for Mercy Hospital lab, is given instructions to go pick up two blood specimens and rush them to the hospital for analysis. John discovers information about a deadly blood disease that is fatal to everyone except those who have type B blood and those who have not reached adolescence. The medical community doesn’t know what it is, how it spreads, or how to cure it. What they do know is the virus spreads rapidly with a 100 percent mortality rate.

In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.

Der Hacker T-Rex stellt sich mit seinen Freunden Nolo und Kim eine elementare Frage: Wie gefährlich ist Cholesterin in Wirklichkeit? Die erschreckende Wahrheit hinter diesem fettartigen Naturstoff offenbart den Freunden Hintergründe, die ausgerechnet mit Zahlen in Verbindung stehen. Wer ein lukratives Beschäftigungsfeld sucht, ist mit einem Geschäft mit dem Tod am besten beraten - oder etwa nicht?