Vector

Vector
Robin Cook
1999
pp. 427

Vector is another in the series of Jack Stapleton and Lauri Montgomery medical mysteries. Now that I have read it, I am wondering if I should be reading the series in the order in which they have been published! Like in all other books by Cook, Vector too focuses on one of the medical mysteries. This time the focus is on bioweapons. The author’s note in the end puts the book in perspective and is a hint at the threat that the US continues to face. Although published twenty years ago, the book does put forth the seriousness of biological warfare and it does seem to be the way wars will be in the future. This looks even more real considering that the possibility of World War III is looming large once again.

As for the book, it is a classic Robin Cook. It is predictable at places, the hero always wins, saves the world or at least his country. The characters are predictable. The usual saga. But, you still won’t be able to put it down. Maybe I have read too much of the absurd, but I sometimes wish Cook wasn’t so rooted in reality. It seems surreal. I like Cook’s writing more when he is writing on genetic mutation and the possibilities of playing with intelligence. But this will do too.

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