The J Factor - Couverture souple

Kanar, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0553580795 ISBN 13 : 9780553580792

Editeur : Bantam Books, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Kanar Stephen P

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

“This novel marks Kanar as a thriller writer to watch.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Welcome to the future, when organ transplants have become commonplace and routine. But supply remains a challenge and replacement organs are allocated according to a system that judges each person’s conduct, health, and importance to society using a point system to determine a Justification—or J—Factor. Those with high J Factors get the best medical treatment. Those with low J Factors . . . do not.

Access to organs is controlled by the International Organ Replacement Corporation (IORC), a “corporate nation” that answers to no government, but instead has treaties with every nation, overseeing organ transplants for their citizens.

Dr. David West performs an unauthorized transplant using an IORC heart . . . and his patient is then murdered. Could it really be to protect the IORC’s worldwide monopoly? Is this powerful corporation really deciding who lives and who dies? Working with a young attorney, Janette Compton, West struggles to unravel the truth, only to find that their lives are now in danger. For they have found the truth and it is far more shocking than they ever imagined . . .

Stephen Kanar shows you the future of medicine in this heart-pounding thriller that will make you wonder . . .

How high is your J Factor?

“An imaginative page-turner . . . Packed with well-rounded characters, fast-paced turns, complex and bizarre medical practices, several subplots and tense courtroom scenes.”—Publishers Weekly

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0553580795
• ISBN 13: 9780553580792
• Reliure: Poche
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible