The Poison Plum

By Les Roberts

Book Overview

The Poison Plum is a gripping, chilling novel exposing the rampaging epidemic of Lyme Disease now sweeping across America and the disease's connection, if any, to the government's top-secret... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978965906
• ISBN13: 9780978965907
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Les Roberts
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Absorbing and Amazing!

Not only a former medical researcher, a college professor, and the recipient of a Doctorate of Science degree, but a Lyme disease sufferer as well, I think I can give a very fair assessment of Les Robert's book. I found it very hard to put down. In spite of an otherwise hectic schedule, I managed to read it, completely, in three days. There were many parallels between my own three year struggle to obtain an accurate diagnosis for my condition (Lyme disease) and the central character's frustration with her son's mysterious, debilitating illness. My own son was diagnosed with Lyme six months later than he should have been. Why? Because doctors refused to test the tick that bit him. This book is a extremely believable account of how the government, and scientists, COULD conspire to cover up the real truth about the Lyme epidemic. I have seen firsthand, how, in the interest of "research", human induced (into animals) conditions and diseases were manipulated in the lab where I worked. Anyone who doesn't believe that illegal arrests and imprisonments might result from a cover-up needs to get a reality check. It was easy for me to separate the "possible truth" from the fiction (at the end), but I was both entralled, entertained, and amazed at the author's skill in delivering a VERY believable work of "fiction".

The REAL TRUTH thinly veiled as fiction

WOW here we are folks FINALLY the truth as to why MDs shy away from aggressively diagnosing & treating Lyme patients. Yes- we are desperately ill, yes - it is very difficult and costly to treat BUT the government has turned this into a political disease and has literally handcuffed doctors who try to cure their patients with the extensive medical treatments & medications that they need. What is the government hiding? Read the book and WEEP for all of us.

Mindblowing, action-packed, eye-opening masterpiece!!!

Simply Amazing! I am blown away by the talent of Les Roberts. The "Poison Plum" was written with sincere heartfelt passion and a creative sparkle that has been missing from our culture for far too long. Reading this amazing book was like watching the best movie you have ever seen, except it's even better! This is a must read for everyone! If you love America, and you love your life, and your happiness enjoying your freedom, then you better read this. The plot has so many twists and turns it will keep you guessing until the very end. The central character is afflicted with Lyme Disease, which is a serious, disabling, horrifying nightmare of a national health crisis. If you were not aware of how serious Lyme Disease can be before you read this, you certainly will be afterwards. This is my no means a medical book, this is a spellbinding novel that just happens to expose the controversy of the real life truth. The reader is taken on a journey that eerily parallels real life drama. As the story unfolds, the reader is continually left drop jawed thinking "Oh my God, that really just happened!" From the shocking beginning to the intricate and mesmerizing meaty middle, the Poison Plum is full of suspense and drama. You literally cannot put this book down and you will stay up until the sun comes up reading it. Les Roberts does an amazing job of creating a huge appeal to the general readership audience, not just readers impacted by Lyme Disease. EVERYONE aware of how serious Lyme disease is! Les Roberts did an outstanding job! Give it to your families, friends, co-workers, doctors, etc. Spread the word, educate others about Lyme Disease, let's wake up the nation!! This is one for the record books! This one will change the way you think, open your eyes and leave you speechless. This is one book you will never, ever forget! Les Roberts has knocked it out of the ball park with his creative genius. Get it!

True To Life

The Poison Plum is presented as fiction but yet the underlying basic message of the book is very true to life. This is a book that everyone needs to read. You don't have to be a Lyme disease patient to appreciate this gripping tale of political intrigue. It is most definitely a page turner and it was very difficult to put down. The book begins in Alabama, back in the 1940s, where the famous Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment took place. This subject later ties into the plot. Next we visit New London, Connecticut where a retired respected colonel with lyme disease, takes revenge on a boatload of microbiologists returning home for the day from Plum Island. Plum Island is an animal disease research facility off the tip of Long Island, New York. One of Plum Island's employees, Susan Collins, was not on the boat that particular day because she was taking her son, Toby, to the doctor. Toby had contracted a mysterious illness and she was hoping her son would finally be diagnosed with something tangible so he could be treated. Homeland Security and Plum Island officials discovered that the Colonel had been dying of Lyme disease and they realized that he had traced the origins of this disease to the research labs on this island. The officials did not want this connection to be discovered by the public, so to divert attention away from the Colonel and to put the blame somewhere else, the government officials then conducted raids on the offices of all the Lyme doctors in the area. A particularly famous lyme doctor, Dr. Glen Klinner, was arrested and taken to some unknown location. The Colonel had been a patient of Dr. Klinner and the official government lie stated that Dr. Klinner had given the Colonel specific drugs which caused the colonel to commit this desperate act of what the government called "terrorism", against the United States. Congressman McDonald then became involved in this developing saga, as Dr. Klinner and his wife Fran, were very close friends of the Congressman. In the meantime Susan Collins was still having problems trying to get her child, Toby, diagnosed. Susan returned to work at Plum Island where her bosses complained of all the time she had taken off to be with her sick son. They were suspicious and wondered why she hadn't been on the ferry that fateful afternoon. Finally, Toby was diagnosed with Lyme disease and Babesiosis. Susan had difficulty finding a local doctor to continue Lyme treatment because all the Lyme doctors in the area had been arrested. While Susan is struggling to save her son's life, Congressman McDonald is trying to find where his friend, Dr. Klinner, had been taken to. The Congressman held press conferences to inform his constituents as to what was happening. McDonald received information which led him to realize that Lyme disease may have actually originated at and spread from Plum Island. As the story evolves, many of the characters are connected, share information and together they fight f

Thrilling

New author, Les Roberts, has given a thrilling. chilling account of laboratory science gone awry. The chill comes from the awareness of what could become, if oversight is itself suspect. What really did happen? What did the "powers that be" know? I highly recommend this new novel.