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Cargando... The First Days of August (edición 2015)por Alan Froning (Autor)
Información de la obraThe First Days of August por Alan Froning
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Steve August is lucky to get a job at the world-famous Angion Laboratory in Boston, headed by George MacGregor, a prominent scientist turned entrepreneur. The young neurosurgical resident never expected such an honor. He accepts the position and, in an effort to impress, works to the point of exhaustion. Half-asleep at his desk late one night, Steve overhears company secrets he should never have heard. Steve can't help but investigate, yet the more he digs, the more he becomes entangled in a web of deceit surrounding the laboratory's prize product, Angiotox, a purported miracle cure for brain cancer. Meanwhile, Steve's girlfriend Morgan finds herself in a similar maze of corruption at her corporate law firm in New York. To solve the Angiotox mystery, Steve ruins his career and goes into hiding, while Morgan forsakes her legal career to join forces with the NSA, hoping to find Steve and the secrets he unearthed at the Angion labs. This is a fight to the death, with many millions of dollars--and lives--in the balance. Wrestling with their own ideals of trust, integrity, and fidelity, Steve and Morgan may lose each other in their struggle for the greater good. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Either way, this book is EPIC. It reminds me of Mission Impossible meets Medical Drama - action, adventure, mystery, intrigue, sexy R rated romance, thrills and lots of science! It's a great mash-up of two big draws for books - mystery and medical.
The lead of this book is Steve August. This man takes a job at a famous laboratory to help develop a cure for brain cancer. Along the way, we meet his girlfriend Morgan, some shady co-workers and some giant secrets the lab doesn't want anyone to know. Steve doesn't go actively looking for them, he's simply a tired scientist who accidentally stumbled across them. That ignites a wild chase where everyone is trying to stop everyone else.
There's some side plots in this story that I actually really enjoyed. Morgan's side stories made me quite happy - typically the girlfriends in stories like this are just used as the sex object and damsel in distress. This girl was NOT a damsel in distress and had some quality moments. That being said... there was a woman who was essentially a sex object but was the bad guy. I'm not sure where I sit with her, but I did think her story arc was interesting.
I found this book to be highly addicting. The first few chapters didn't draw me in as much as I would have liked, but I stuck it through and found myself REALLY enjoying the book. It's an adult mystery novel that felt intense and thrilling. I needed to know what would happen to Steve and Morgan (and everybody else, but I was mostly invested in those two). And, to be brutally honest, I'm not sure why more people haven't read this book (or at least rated and reviewed it on Goodreads). It's better than a lot of mystery books I have read! Alan Froning has some real talent!
In summary - this book is a wild ride that I'd highly recommend. I didn't enjoy the ending per say, but it was still a well written book (and ending!). If you like thrillers, mystery, medical books and books with some epic plot twists, grab this book!
Four out of five stars.
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. (