GOD PLAYER Author:ROBIN COOK IT STARTS AS THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS -TWO GIFTED YOUNG PHYSICIANS BURNING WITH THE WILL TO HEAL,SOUL MATES AS WELL AS LOVERS.FROM THAT FIRST MOMENT IN THE MEDICAL CENTER WHEN PATHOLOGY RESIDENT CASSANDRA CASSIDY MEETS BRILLIANT CARDIAC SURGEON THOMAS KINGSLEY,SHE KNOWS THEY ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER.FORCED BY A DETERIORATING EYE CONDITION TO S... more »WITCH FROM HER CHOSEN FIELD TO PSYCHIATRY ,CASSANDRA NEEDS THE SUPPORT AND APPROVAL THE CHARISMATIC DOCTOR SO PASSIONATELY OFFERS;AND THOMAS ,PRIVILEGED ONLY CHILD OF A BANKER-INDUSTRIALIST FINDS IN THE BEAUTIFUL AND VULNERABLE GIRL THE BOUNDLESS DEVOTION HE SO DESPERATELY REQUIRES.BUT AS THOMAS CONTINUES HIS METEORIC RISE,WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FAIR-TALE HAPPINESS BEGINS TO DISINTEGRATE.SAINTLY TO AN ADORING PUBLIC,THOMAS IS SOMETHING OTHER TO THE WOMAN WHO LOVES HIM-AN ERRATIC AND HOSTILE STRANGER WHOSE INEXPLICABLE RAGES AND BIZARRE BEHAVIOR ARE INCREASINGLY DISTURBING.AS THE SOLIDITY CASSANDRA'S MARRIAGE BEGINS TO CRUMBLE,THE DEPENDABLE SECURITY OF THE HOSPITAL WORD AROUND HER SEEMS EQUALLY MENACED:CASSANDRA IS CONVINCED THAT SOMEONE IS KILLING TERMINAL PATIENTS-SOMEONE WHO HOLDS THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH IN HIS HANDS AND WHO WIELDS IT LIKE THE ANGEL OF DEATH.AGAINST HER HUSBAND'S FURIOUS OBJECTIONS,CASSANDRA TAKES IT UPON HERSELF TO STOP THE KILLINGS EVEN AS SHE FIGHTS TO SAVE HER MARRIAGE.ONLY AFTER SHE STUMBLES ONTO A TERRIFYING DISCOVERY IS SHE FORCED TO REALIZE THAT HER DREAMS HAVE METAMORPHOSED INTO NIGHTMARES AND THAT HER SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH HAS OPENED THE FLOODGATES OF UNIMAGINABLE HORROR.« less