A young NASA doctor must combat a lethal microbe that is multiplying in the deadliest of environments -- space -- in this acclaimed blockbuster of medical suspense from Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of Harvest, Life Support, and Bloodstream.
Gravity
Dr. Emma Watson has been training for the adventure of a lifetime: to study living beings in space. But her mission aboard the International Space Station turns into a nightmare beyond imagining when a culture of single-celled organisms begins to regenerate out of control -- and infects the space station crew with agonizing and deadly results. Emma struggles to contain the outbreak while back on Earth her estranged husband, Jack McCallum, works frantically with NASA to bring her home. But there will be no rescue. The contagion now threatens Earth's population, and the astronauts are stranded in orbit, quarantined aboard the station -- where they are dying one by one...
Cherri B. (cherri) from MANCHESTER, NH wrote on 3/1/2006...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
WOW! As usual this author just blows me away. I only understand about half of the technical stuff but the human interactions seem so honest and descriptions are so realistic I am on the edge of my seat nearly from the first page. Don't miss this one....it's a duzzy!
Kellie D. (EllyMae58) from EL CAJON, CA wrote on 5/24/2005...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Gerritsen writes great edge-of-your-seat thrillers.
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Paul S. from CORINTH, MS wrote on 4/21/2007...
A real page turner. I couldn't put it down. It combines medicine and space along with a little bit of romance.
Trisha H. (wolfgrrl) from WHITNEY POINT, NY wrote on 4/5/2007...
Very, very, very good. Pulls you right into space with the characters! Gotta love Tess!
Diana N. (dnims4) from PORT HUENEME, CA wrote on 3/17/2007...
Great medical mystery!
Connie P. (Activegram149) from PELHAM, AL wrote on 3/7/2007...
Comgines space, medicine & mystery in one book
Anna D. (Cavalier) from RENO, NV wrote on 2/16/2007...
One of Ms Gerritsen's best!
James C. from BRIDGETON, NJ wrote on 2/11/2007...
Wow. I continue to be amazed by the quality of the suspense in her books and the tightness of the technical elements.
Cindy F. from APOLLO BEACH, FL wrote on 1/31/2007...
This is a gut wrenching medical suspense thriller with lots of blood and guts. Very fast paced. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Mary F. from MOBILE, AL wrote on 12/9/2006...
EXCELLENT!! Great read!
Melissa M. from NORFOLK, VA wrote on 11/8/2006...
Good fast medical drama read.
Donna F. (Modmom50) from LAWRENCE, KS wrote on 10/29/2006...
A medical suspense novel that is terrifying in it's implications of what might happen. A great read by author Tess Gerritsen.