Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006513087
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0006513085
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: April 05, 2004
Publisher: Harper
Studio: Harper

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Tess Gerritsen used to be a doctor, so it comes as no great surprise that the medical parts of her latest thriller are very convincing, even if most of the action happens in a place where few doctors have ever practised--outer space.

Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime--studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Optrex wouldn't help. Gerritsen brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people inside a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to Earth. Only Emma's husband, a doctor/astronaut, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of their sockets, all that's missing is one of those bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem--we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog and part mouse."

Here are some other examples of Gerritsen's controlled medical horrors:Bloodstream, Harvest, and Life Support. --Dick Adler




Rating: - Astounding!
Before reading this book, prepare a ton of sandwiches, and a few flasks of coffee, because YOU WILL NOT PUT IT DOWN!
A blend of astronautics and microbiology, with obviously immense research done in each science, this is a gripping and disturbing novel.
On second thoughts, maybe the sandwiches are a bad idea - some bits of the narrative will rather put you off eating.......
Brilliant. Can't wait to read other Tess Gerritsen books.

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Rating: - Excellent.
Unlike her other books like `The Surgeon' and `The Apprentice', `Gravity' is nothing to do with serial killers and messy murders. Messy deaths, yes, but in the wholly alien and unfamiliar environment of space. The author has managed to write a gripping and fascinating story about a silent battle between mankind and microbes, but in this case microbes that are both familiar and alien at the same time. The technical details are very impressive - not just those relating to purely medical matters that ... Read More

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Rating: - Sigourney Weaver - you'd be ashamed!
Frankly I liked Tess Gerritsen's refreshing style - at first. Then you start to see that she is only copying the doyenne, Patricia Cornwell and the best of the genre, Kathy Reichs. Her novels are formulaic and in the end boring and less interesting than Ms. Reichs in particular.

So then - has she run out of ideas, watched a re-run of Alien and sat down to type afterwards? I bought the book on a boat and was trapped and bored, so read it. Normally I leave all my books in a public place ... Read More

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Rating: - Brilliant!
I absolutley loved this book, it really was a page turner for me, much to my husbands annoyance!
The characters are brilliant, and the drama that unfolds is second to none! I felt myself stuck in space with Emma and the drama that followed! This is Tess at her best! A deffinate must read!

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Rating: - Stuck in Space with Nowhere to Go
Because of a tragic accident research physician Emma Watson suddenly gets a ride on the space shuttle up to the International Space Station. The ISS took five years to build and is twice as long as a football field and Emma is thrilled at the prospect of studying living creatures in space, however she's not thrilled about leaving without settling all of the issues concerning her impending divorce between her and physician husband Jack McCallum.

One of the astronauts aboard ISS takes sick ... Read More

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