Host By Doctor Robin Cook: Summary

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The novel Host by Doctor Robin Cook is a story in which two characters, Lynn Pierce and Michael Pender investigate the inner workings of what appears to be a regular healthcare center, but instead they find something that is different than they expect. Interestingly enough, Host delves into topics about how medical corporations are working in secret to comatose patients to test as guinea pigs. The story starts out when Lynn’s boyfriend, Carl Vandermeer undergoes a knee operation, but comes out in a comatose state after he was applied anesthesia. Lynn believes the operation to have some foul play going on and gets her friend Michael to help her in her investigation of why Middleton Healthcare has so many cases of unexplained complications

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