Human [Paperback]

Dr. Brian McNamee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2001

When Doctor Sean Colin, geneticist, is diagnosed with an illness that is destroying his liver, kidneys, heart - all his major organs, he knows he has just received a death sentence. But then, he and his staff at Geneserch Research come up with a brilliant idea to save his life. All goes as planned, until something starts to seem very wrong with their...creation. From there it's a roller coaster ride through a fiery criminal prosecution, illness, a struggling marriage and fading hopes. Finally, it's up to the jury, and you, to decide his fate. And the fate of his creation.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Neither Genesis nor Darwin saw this coming. Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan should be around to debate 'HUMAN.'" -- Avenues Book Review, November 2000

"When 'Law and Order' collides with the 'X-Files,' the result is the thriller of the new millennium." -- Dan Coughlin, FOX 8, November 2000

About the Author

Dr. McNamee, M.D., has been a physician since 1971 and did his residency training at the world-famous Cleveland Clinic. He is presently a Clinical Instructor at Ohio University School of Medicine. In 1988, he graduated with highest honors from Cleveland State University Law School and embarked on a career in the practice of law. He continues to practice both law and medicine full time. He served as a consultant and expert in the recent civil trial of the famous Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case in Cleveland. His expertise lend an air of realism to the medicine, science, and trial scenes in his current work HUMAN. All of the medicine and science in this story are factual and reflect the cutting edge of modern medical and genetic technology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 298 pages
• Publisher: Vistatron (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881760022
• ISBN-13: 978-1881760023
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,104,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT BOOK!!!!, April 11, 2001

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Hylton Mayer (toledo, oh United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human (Paperback)

A friend recommended this book to me and I loved it. I generally read page turners by John Grisham and Tom Clancy. What an enjoyable suprise this book was. I picked it up one lazy afternoon and couldn't put it down. I finished it by bedtime! I've now given it to my parents and all my friends. We're even reading it now in my book club. All I can say is - buy it and you'll love it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Human, April 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Human (Paperback)

Couldn't put the book down! It was such a fascinating story, and certainly a theme very relevent with the progress being made in the world of medical science. I'd recommend it to all my friends.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, December 30, 2001

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Huntress Reviews (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human (Paperback)

Dr. Colin's search for a way to save his life takes him to a new dimension, with the promise of new discoverys for the world. His journey began when his own body began to fail him, something was causing his major organs to stop working. As a doctor and a geneticist, this man devotes his life to finding what is causing this breakdown in his own body, and a way to stop the process, perhaps even reverse the damage already done, not only for himself, but for the world as a whole.

Everything is going well, he is excited about his work, about the results, then suddenly something goes terribly wrong. You will be lead through a court trial so riveting you will think you are there! You will meet characters in this story that will make feel many different emotions. This story of triumph and failure will leave the reader wanting more. Is there a part two in the making......? The writer made me feel a part of his story.

***** Stunning! Well, that would sum it up in one word but I get to say more than that. An incredible story of the search for life, filled with fear, filled with suspense, and one that, once started, the reader will not want to put this book down til the last page is read. The approach in this story is quite different from any I have ever read before. *****

Reviewed by Beverly Bangemann