Conceived with dazzling insider's knowledge of cutting-edge medical research, The Magic Bullet propels us relentlessly along on a hunt for the elusive miracle cure for cancer. Harry Stein's spellbinding new thriller is set on the dark edge of
American medicine, where human fife takes a backseat to greed, ambition, and the
bottom line. At 31, Dr. Daniel Logan has gotten the biggest break of his career-a research fellowship at the
American Cancer Institute near Washington, D.C. The patients who come here know it is their last hope for survival, and they willingly take drugs that are shrouded in secrecy...even when things begin to go very, very wrong. Soon Dr. Logan learns that he has no
This book is exciting, absorbing and thought-provoking. I couldn't put it down. It left me feeling that society as a whole had been violated by the political strength of a handful of self-serving
"The Magic Bullet" is one of the most exciting medical thrillers I've read. The novel's setting is the fictional American Cancer Foundation, which, like any elite institution, is populated by