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PARASITE: Parasitology Book 1.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2013). First edition - A technological thriller - or horror story - set in the near future, by this award-winning author. Nominated for the Hugo. 502 pp. ISBN: 978-0316218924.
Condition: Near fine in glossy red wrappers.
Book ID: 80609More details Price: $20.00 -
PARASITE: Parasitology Book 1.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2013). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A technological thriller - or horror story - set in the near future, by this award-winning author. Nominated for the Hugo. SIGNED on the title page. 502 pp. ISBN: 978-0316218955.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Uncommon in the first edition and especially so signed.
Book ID: 80760More details Price: $40.00 -
SYMBIONT: Parasitology Book 2.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A technological thriller - or horror story - set in the near future, by this award-winning author. "THE ENEMY IS INSIDE US. The SymboGen designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde." SIGNED on the title page. 516 pp. ISBN: 978-0316218993.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages, but otherwise a tight, straight and clean copy)
Book ID: 80814More details Price: $45.00 -
CHIMERA: Parasitology Book 3.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A technological thriller - or horror story - set in the near future, by this award-winning author. The third and final book in this series. INSCRIBED on the title page with a small drawing. 486 pp. ISBN: 978-0316381031.
Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket. (some crinkling from dampness affecting the upper edge near the spine of about 1/5 of the book, at the end - not very obvious - the book looks good.)
Book ID: 80895More details Price: $40.00 -
SYMBIONT: Parasitology Book 2.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A technological thriller - or horror story - set in the near future, by this award-winning author. "THE ENEMY IS INSIDE US. The SymboGen designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped." SIGNED on the title page. 516 pp. ISBN: 978-0316218993.
Condition: Ex-library but with very few markings (stamp on front endpaper, tape ghosts) and overall very good - tight and clean in a fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 70856More details Price: $30.00 -
PARASITE: Parasitology Book 1.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2013). First edition - A technological thriller - or horror story - set in the near future, by this award-winning author. Nominated for the Hugo. 502 pp. ISBN: 978-0316218924.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 70885More details Price: $25.00 -
MIRACLE CURE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller from an author who knows this world from the inside. In addition to being a fast moving and entertaining novel, this deals with serious medical ethical issues. SIGNED on the title page. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-553-10523X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 57334More details Price: $28.50 -
THE FIFTH VIAL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller from an author who knows this world from the inside. In addition to being a fast moving and entertaining novel, this deals with serious medical ethical issues. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 372 pp. ISBN: 9780312343538.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57235More details Price: $25.00 -
THE FIRST PATIENT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller from an author who knows this world from the inside. Sticker with blurb from President Clinton on front cover. SIGNED on the title page. 371 pp. ISBN: 9780312343538.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket. (usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 56652More details Price: $30.00 -
THE FIRST PATIENT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller from an author who knows this world from the inside. Sticker with blurb from President Clinton on front cover. SIGNED on the title page. 371 pp. ISBN: 9780312343538.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket. (remainder dot, usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 56653More details Price: $25.00 -
A HEARTBEAT AWAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical and a political thriller - terrorists have unleased a highly contagious virus into the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. SIGNED on the title page. 404 pp. ISBN: 9780312587529.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Laid in is a special promotional book mark for this title also SIGNED by Palmer.
Book ID: 58772More details Price: $35.00 -
DOUBLE HELIX.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy for a trade paperback original.
Ashland, OR: Ashland Hills Press, (2000.). First edition - The author's second novel featuring investigative reporter Kate Lipton, an edgy techno-thriller involving the disappearance of three AIDS sufferers after they traveled to Grenada in the Caribbean in search of a cure. 252 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72931More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LADIES OF THE VALE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sudden patient deaths in the Intensive Therapy Unit of Latehvale Hospital leads a nurse and home office investigator Tom Jones to find the sinister connection between the deaths. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-312-131062.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 59493More details Price: $17.50 -
DONOR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - When Dennis Heller discovers that his organs have been harvested - not once, but twice - he goes on the run in an attempt to find the harvester before he is found. 366 pp. ISBN: 0-768-310864.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (spine slant)
Book ID: 61465More details Price: $15.00 -
SUSPECT.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Doubleday, (2005) dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel, a medical thriller set in London. 351 pp. ISBN: 1582881294.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (address label inside front cover, mostly hidden by dj flap).
Book ID: 62245More details Price: $13.50 -
THE SUICIDE EFFECT.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Spellbinder Press, (2010.). SIGNED - A medical thriller, involving the dirty secrets in drug trials, set in Eugene, Oregon. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. 300 pp including a 4 pp excerpt from 'The Baby Thief.' Promotional bookmark laid in. ISBN: 9780979518225.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 50977More details Price: $16.00 -
MONKEY SHINES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Freundlich Books, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, an unusual thriller based on the experimental world of medical research, the story of a dangerous bond between a young quadraplegic and a capuchin monkey whose intelligence has been enhanced to enable her to be his arms and legs. Basis for the 1988 movie of the same name directed by George Romero. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-88191-0015.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72112More details Price: $21.50 -
MENGELE'S LEGACY.
Edition: First printing.
Danbury, CT: Rutledge Books, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a medical thriller. "Doctor Izzy Slesinger, America's preeminent protein biochemist, discovers that HIV is not the cause of AIDS, but rather the consequence of a genetically shifted cell designed to wipe out the African races. As Izzy races around the globe, searching for Mengele's missing research, he is chased by modern Nazis who share Hitler's dream of a pure Aryan planet." SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 1-582441855.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78397More details Price: $25.00 -
SILVER SPOONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a medical thriller with two newborns in a plush Manhattan maternity hospital stricken with an unknown deadly virus. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-399-11548X.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 45136More details Price: $12.50 -
SILVER SPOONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a medical thriller with two newborns in a plush Manhattan maternity hospital stricken with an unknown deadly virus. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-399-11548X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 46835More details Price: $15.00 -
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Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow, (1994.). First edition - A medical thriller which draws upon Wilson's years of experience as a medical practicioner. According to the publisher's comments on the back cover, this was originally submitted anonymously. 332 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 49020More details Price: $15.00 -
SELECT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller which draws upon Wilson's years of experience as a medical practicioner. According to the publisher's comments on the advanced edition of this book, this was originally submitted anonymously.SIGNED on the title page. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-688-046185.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49104More details Price: $30.00 -
IMPLANT
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doherty, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - A novel of medical suspense. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 5589More details Price: $30.00
