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…
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This is the first book I’ve picked up by veteran author Tess Gerritsen and I have to say she did not disappoint. I enjoyed the details of this very-techo-thriller and her characters were all strong, intelligent, and with agency to spare. I look forward to reading one of her other books soon!
Fans of Andrew Mayne’s Orbital and Patricia Cornwell’s Quantum will like this one.
Tess Gerritsen is simply a great writer. If you love action-packed thrillers with great characters, but also love great prose, nobody delivers all three like Tess. This stand alone happens to be my favorite of hers. Give it a try.
Tess Gerritsen MD was born June 12, 1953. She is a Chinese-American novelist and retired physician.
In 1975, Gerritsen graduated from Stanford University with a BA in anthropology, intrigued by the ranges of human behaviour. She went on to study medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. She received her medical degree in …
She has never written a bad book!
Loved how it began and ended. Science readers will love it. This was a great read. I loved all the medical aspects of this book. And probably because of my own medical background didn’t find it too difficult. It was a light read for me on the way to work. I love Tess and her books. Her plots are so well paced. The characters of Jack and Emma who …
No one writes like Tess! Incredible page-turner!
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