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Book Reading - Vector by Robin Cook

July 15, 2007 on 12:00 am | In Miscellaneous Musings!, Book Reading | Comments Off

General Comment:As mentioned earlier on my April 19 2007 post, I have embarked on writing a few words on all the books that I may read in my retirement. I will reread few books which I read over last few years - this to allow me to capture some good essence from the readings. 

The recent book I have read is titled ” Vector” by Robin Cook. It is about mass terror from bacterial danger from a bioweapon.

The author, Dr. Robin Cook, is medical doctor and have written many thrillers (mostly about terror from bioweapons). He is author of books such as Toxin, Chromosome 5, Contangion and others.

The book is about a Russian who had emigrated to America - who became disillusioned when not achieving recognition in his fields of expertise and thus had to fend for himself plying taxi in New York.  His disgruntled heart wanted revenge on American Society.  He  was technician in Soviet Union in biological  weapons systems prior to emigrating to America. Thus he did possess knwledge for production and distribution of various bioweapons. The drama was enhanced when he joined forces with American White Supremacist organisation. The plot was unscrambled by sheer dent of a single persons’s passion/dedication  to duty for the good. The story is well understood by reading the book.

Pravin Shah