"I HAVE ALWAYS IMAGINED THAT PARADISE WILL BE A KIND OF LIBRARY. "

Jorge Luis Borges

Monday, August 23, 2010

“The First Patient” by Michael Palmer


Review #140

When President Andrew Stoddard‘s physician, Jim Ferendelli, vanishes, former naval academy roommate of the President, and Wyoming country doctor, Gabe Singleton, is asked to fill in the void. Almost immediately, things start to fall apart as Stoddard suffers from a random episode of incoherence, and Singleton is shot at while driving in late evening D.C. traffic.

Eventually, Gabe is faced with a crisis of conscience. As President Stoddard's physician, he has the power to invoke the Twenty-fifth Amendment to transfer presidential power to the Vice President and he may have to invoke this power as he uncovers increasing evidence that his friend's condition may not be due to natural causes. But...can the Vice President be trusted?

Who? Why? And how? The President's life is at stake. A small-town doctor suddenly finds himself in the most powerful position on earth, and the safety of the world is in jeopardy. Dr. Gabe Singleton must find the answers. He must figure out who's behind the president's mysterious illness and the only way he can do this is by investigating everyone from the Secret Service agents to the vice president, and...the clock is ticking.

Complicating matters is Alison Cromartie, a sexy nurse who captures Singleton's heart. Can SHE be trusted?

The roller-coaster ride of a plot builds to an undeniably shocking conclusion.

No comments:

Post a Comment