The Hahnemann Sequela

by Harold King

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877955646
• ISBN13: 9780877955641
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Arbor House Pub Co
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent thriller

I've never read anything by Harold King before, but the speed with which I finished this book is testimony to how good it is. Virtually from page one I was hooked. It isn't often that you find books like this - I'm a big fan of Dean Koontz, and find the skill with which Harold King keeps the tension, and slowly rachets it up, is on a par with Koontz. Keeping the chapters short certainly helps retain the reader's interest, and keeps you thinking "I've got time for a little more..." until you realize how much time has gone by! The premise of the story is about an experimental procedure initially intended to eradicate or at least slow down a rare disease which causes children to age far more quickly than is normal (if you've seen the movie "Jack" with Robin Williams, you might understand what I'm talking about). However, not only does this procedure halt the effects of the disease, it also increases the subject's energy, intelligence and productivity. So this large medical company tries the same technique on healthy adults, and all works well....until 60 months when the people start suddenly aging and dying. A team is created to try to find a cure. When one is found, all of them get in a plane to go to the company's headquarters...when there's a horrific plane crash and only one person survives, although without a heart transplant, he also will die, and with him goes the cure. So the company sets out to locate and remove the heart of the man's twin brother, as there is less liklihood of rejection if it's a twin. This is where the tale truly starts, with the twin escaping and trying to find out what's happening and why they're after him. The basic premise of the story, then is fairly simple - how far would you go to save thousands of lives? Is the death of one innocent justified in this quest. I give the author high marks for posing this complex question, while threading it into a thriller of such high quality. Needless to say, I highly recommend this book, if you can find it, that is.

Techno~Medical Sensation

In The Hahnemann Sequela, Harold King exposes the vein that runs from medical research to business and computer technology with surgical precision. This compelling novel begins with the author's insistence that we face our greatest fear ~ life can change in a heartbeat. Mixing a taste for complex research with his unique flavour of mystery, King delivers a potent dose of suspense and intrigue to one common man who must face a life~and~death struggle against astonishing odds. This is a novel fraught with tension and, all at once, frightening and provocative. A brilliantly written work, from the "undisputed crown prince of suspense," that will leave you wondering where fiction begins and ends. Find a copy of this book.

Techno-Medical Sensation

In The Hahnemann Sequela, Harold King exposes the vein that runs from medical research to business and computer technology with surgical precision. This compelling novel begins with the author's insistence that we face our greatest fear -- life can change in a heartbeat. Mixing a taste for complex research with his unique flavor of mystery, Harold King delivers a potent dose of suspense and intrigue to one common man who must face a life-and-death struggle against astonishing odds. This is a novel fraught with tension and, all at once, frightening and provocative. A brilliantly written work, from "the undisputed crown prince of suspense," that will leave you wondering where fiction begins and ends. Find a copy of this book.

Techno-Medical Sensation

In The Hahnemann Sequela, Harold King exposes the vein that runs from medical research to business and computer technology with surgical precision. This compelling novel begins with the author's insistence that we face our greatest fear -- life can change in a heartbeat. Mixing a taste for complex research with his unique flavor of mystery, Harold King delivers a potent dose of suspense and intrigue to one common man who must face a life-and-death struggle against astonishing odds. This is a novel fraught with tension and, all at once, frightening and provocative. A briliantly written work, from "the undisputed crown prince of suspense," that will leave you wondering where fiction begins and ends. Find a copy of this book.