Toby Nelms is an ordinary 8-year-old boy who needs a routine operation. Everything seems to go well; the surgery is a success; Toby is sent home.Months later, terror begins to take over Toby's life, and he keeps on bursting into tortured screaming. He has begun to relive every moment of his operation - including the immense pain.Neurosurgeon Zack Iverson must discover why the young boy is re-experiencing every detail of the operation. And he must also uncover the horrifying secret that is being hidden by the hospital where Toby was treated. For Toby is not the only one who is suffering this strange and horrific effect after surgery. Iverson needs to find out the truth quickly, before an innocent child dies - and before another patient is wheeled into the Operating Room, to experience every slice of the scalpel's merciless blade
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher:
Toby is eight years old. He had a routine operation. It was fine. Now he's gone home to terror. Months have passed. But Toby still bursts into tortured screams. Because something is very wrong. Toby can remember evey moment of the operation. All the trauma. All the pain. He relives evrey horrifying detail of surgery while he's awake. Now someone must expose the unspeakable truth about this hospital. Or else an innocent child will die. And he won't be the last. The next victim is being wheeled into surgery right now.
About the Author:
Michael Palmer's novels have been translated into thirty-five languages and have been adapted for film and television. He trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals, spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine, and was involved in the treatment of alcoholism and chemical dependence. He died in October 2013.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCentury
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0712684034
- ISBN 13 9780712684033
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages400
-
Rating