Invasion by Robin Cook

Invasion

Mass Market

Robin Cook

Penguin Publishing Group · Paperback · November 6, 2007

New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook’s “pressure cooker of a thriller” (Booklist) takes medical technology into a new realm, where everything we know about the human body—and the universe we live in—is about to be challenged.

Buy on Amazon

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Who it’s for
A race to understand a virus turns medical technology and ordinary assumptions into sources of suspense.
Genres
Medical Thrillers, Suspense, Tech Thrillers
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, November 6, 2007

Nearest books

Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genres: Medical Thrillers and Suspense.

  1. ShockRobin Cook65% match
  2. Acceptable RiskRobin Cook63% match
  3. FeverRobin Cook64% match
  4. Death BenefitGeorge Guidall, Robin Cook64% match
  5. The SocietyMichael Palmer66% match
  6. CriticalRobin Cook65% match
  7. Vital SignsRobin Cook62% match
  8. CharlatansRobin Cook62% match

For younger readers: Contagion, Love Is the Drug, No Dawn Without Darkness

Start with three books, and this one can be the first.

Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.

Start with this book

About this book

New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook’s “pressure cooker of a thriller” (Booklist) takes medical technology into a new realm, where everything we know about the human body—and the universe we live in—is about to be challenged. Everyone assumes it’s just the flu—but when a powerful virus causes unexplained symptoms, the few left uninfected must discover a cure before they catch it, too...

Continue reading

After Cassy Winthrope’s boyfriend Beau displays brief, flu-like symptoms, he begins to act strangely. His body is stronger and faster, his mind shaprer. And suddenly the straight-edged guy who never skips class and hates big dogs is playing hooky and walking around with a bullmastiff. Once Cassy shares these observations with their mutual friend Pitt, the pair notice that almost everyone else in their small college town seems to be infected with the same virus that Beau has. Could it be connected to the tiny black disks appearing everywhere, stinging those who pick them up? Recruiting members of the community and medical experts unexposed to the disease that’s defying all diagnoses, Cassy knows she’s in a race against time. But can she figure out how to save the people she cares for—before it’s too late to reverse the changes?

When Bodies Change

A race to understand a virus turns medical technology and ordinary assumptions into sources of suspense.

Come here for

  • A medical thriller where a baffling virus meets unexplained black disks
  • The uneasy thought of familiar people changing overnight

Expect

  • A community-wide mystery with medical experts searching for answers
  • A pressure-cooker race to find a cure before infection spreads

Where it sits

Medical Thrillers99%
Suspense31%
Tech Thrillers28%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Alien Contact
  • Suspense
  • Medical Thrillers
Authors
Robin Cook
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
November 6, 2007
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Alien Contact