Well, as is usual with Robin Cook, I had to finish even if I had to stay up all night to do it.
Robin is concerned with medical issues and with realism. Although he does believe in justice, it is not his highest priority--realism is higher. He doesn't kill off his main characters (usually), which allows for semi-happy endings, but I will withhold the fifth star on Goodreads because of a couple thread left unresolved (or at least unresolved to my satisfaction) and some preaching at the end. But, this is a true thriller with a lot happening and, as I say, it can endanger your sleep... :-)
I have now started People of the Lightning by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear. They have written a series of books with some similarities to Jean Auell's Clan of the Cave Bear series in that they are stories (epics, really) based on facts (some relatively recently discovered) by archaeologists. Each of these books is a complete story to itself, each based in a different part of what was to become the United States, each in a different prehistoric time period. This one is set in what is to become central Florida about 5-6 thousand years B. C. It begins shortly after the end of the last ice age and the land is fairly similar to how it looks today except it doesn't have quite so many lakes.
The book has two maps and a time chart at the beginning and a bibliography of reference works at the end. I'm looking forward to the adventure.
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