THE PATIENT

Doctors, arch criminals, robotic surgeons, and rogue CIA agents--Michael Palmer's latest has it all. Gripping from its foreword to its final lines, the story follows a young neurosurgeon in her battle of wits and will with one of the world's most vicious terrorists, Claude Maloche, who demands her care. If she refuses or fails to save his life, Maloche promises that his criminal organization will exact revenge on her and thousands of Bostonians. Narrator Michael Kramer does a masterful job with the fast pace and with keeping the many characters clear in the listener's mind. Kramer moves easily from narrating Palmer's frantic action to plowing through the medical dialogue, all the time using his gentle cadence and strong voice to make for 12 hours of enthralling listening. J.B.B. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 01]