Panic [Mass Market Paperback]

Echo Heron (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 28, 1998

PANIC ON WARD EIGHT

Only hours ago teenager Iris Hersh was in perfect health. Now she hovers near death, pulse racing, temperature soaring, ravaged by a virus that medical science has never before encountered--and doesn't know how to stop.

As an entire hospital staff fights for Iris's waning life, the disease claims another victim. Then another. Wondering why this rogue virus seems so curiously selective, charge nurse Adele Monsarrat joins forces with Detective Tim Rittman, hoping to contain a potentially raging epidemic--before it spreads out into an unsuspecting world. . . .

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PANIC ON WARD EIGHT

Only hours ago teenager Iris Hersh was in perfect health. Now she hovers near death, pulse racing, temperature soaring, ravaged by a virus that medical science has never before encountered--and doesn't know how to stop.

As an entire hospital staff fights for Iris's waning life, the disease claims another victim. Then another. Wondering why this rogue virus seems so curiously selective, charge nurse Adele Monsarrat joins forces with Detective Tim Rittman, hoping to contain a potentially raging epidemic--before it spreads out into an unsuspecting world. . . .

About the Author

Echo Heron is the author of Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse, a New York Times bestseller; Condition Critical: The Story of a Nurse Continues; Tending Lives: Nurses on the Medical Front; the novel Mercy; and the medical thriller Pulse. She has been a critical-care nurse in coronary and emergency medicine for seventeen years. At present, Ms. Heron lives with her cat, Mooshie. Together they are working on her next book.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 371 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (June 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804114587
• ISBN-13: 978-0804114585
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,467,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Exciting book -- but too many viewpoints, May 6, 2000

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Anne M. Marble "Anne" (MD, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panic (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is certainly suspenseful -- heck, I nearly finished it before leaving the store!

However, the excess of multiple viewpoints distracted me, so this book became a frustrating experience. Don't get me wrong. I love getting the viewpoints of different characters in a story. Especially the main and secondary characters. But there's no need to also have so many minor characters getting their own viepoint scenes.

Anne M. Marble Reviewer, All About Romance

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful Medical Thriller, February 17, 1999

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N. Sausser "pucksau" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panic (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked Pulse and Paradox a little more than Panic, but it is still a very good story. Echo Heron is now one of my favorite authors.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining medical thriller. Nelson is my hero !!!, November 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Panic (Mass Market Paperback)

I went straight from Pulse into Panic, and the excellent writing continues, with numerous separate story lines bubbling along together, and all eventually meeting for the final chapters. Definitely worth reading. I also find myself becoming a great fan of Nelson