Vector (original 1999; edition 1999)

by Robin Cook (Author)

Series: Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton (4)

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A disgruntled Russian immigrant joins forces with extremists from the People's Aryan Army to launch a campaign of terror against New York with anthrax. Two forensic pathologists get wind of the scheme and go after him. By the author of Chromosome 6.

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archivomorero | Nov 9, 2022 |

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daaft | Aug 13, 2022 |

A bit slow in places, I felt the author was padding the story to get to a required length. Compelling premise, written before 9/11.
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LindaLeeJacobs | Feb 15, 2020 |

A relatively fun, fast paced read full of the action I have come to expect from a Cook novel. Not terribly brain draining. Read if you are interested in bioterrorism and a quick read. (

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KatiaMDavis | Dec 19, 2017 |

Written in 1999 before the American Anthrax scares the novel is prophetic about the dangers of biological terrorism not being a matter of if, but when.

Drs Stapleton & Montgomery return in this book the fourth in the series. This episode we have an ex-Biopreparat technician (or Биопрепарат in Russian, their biological weapons research/production facility) who is disgruntled with American and after meeting up with some Right-wing nutjobs decides to stage a terrorist attack.

Unlike the last book which was unrealistic and rather disjointed in parts Robin Cook is back on his game here, it's a good plot, realistic and moves and a good pace.

The only thing I didn't like was the Laurie-boyfriend/engagement part which seemed superfluous, almost as if the publisher wanted Laurie featured in the book more for the romance angle so it was shoe horned in. If not for this it would be 5 stars, still a great read though.
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Sappinen, Jorma-Veikko	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Vector / Contagion by Robin Cook

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New York Times bestseller (Fiction – 1999)

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NCTE Books For You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High (14th Edition: 1997-1999)

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New York, New York, USA

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Release of a Bio-toxin in New York

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Jason Papparis had been in the rug business for almost thirty years.

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Here we are patriots, trying to save the country, and we're forced to deal with a terrorist.

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A disgruntled Russian immigrant joins forces with extremists from the People's Aryan Army to launch a campaign of terror against New York with anthrax. Two forensic pathologists get wind of the scheme and go after him. By the author of Chromosome 6.

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The unthinkable becomes stark reality in this frightening novel by the bestselling master of medical suspense.

Experts do not question whether a bio-terrorism event will occur in the United States, only when.

New York City cab driver Yuri Davydov is an angry, disillusioned Russian emigre bent on returning to his motherland after an unhappy seven-year sojourn in the United States.
Before his departure, he wants to lash out at the adoptive nation that lured him with what he believes was the hoax of the American Dream. Only to deny him contentment, opportunity and personal prosperity.

As a former technician for the vast Soviet biological weapons industry Biopreparat, Yuri possesses the technical knowledge to carry out his vengeance on a horrific scale, especially after teaming up with a pair of far-right survivalists who share his abhorrence of the United States government. the survivalists and their neofacist skinhead milita have no trouble stealing the raw materials Yuri needs. Working together they launch Operation Wolverine.
Dr Jack Stapleton and Dr Laurie Montgomery (both last seen in Chromosome 6) are confronted with two seeminly disparate cases in their work as forensic pathologists in the city's medical examiner's office. Jack successfully diagnoses a rare case of anthrax, while Laurie examines the remains of a tortured skinhead.
they hardly suspect that the cases could be related, but soon they begin to connect the dots, and the question then becomes whether or not they will solve the puzzle before Yuri and his comrades unleash the ultimate terror: a modern superweapon.

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