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"Action-packed medical research thriller"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 29, 2003

Grant recipient post graduate biochemistry student James Parker is euphoric. Mouse 87, suffering from muscular dystrophy and barely able to move for several months, suddenly is running around like a marathon runner after an injection of adrenaline 355. However, when he calls his mother with the good news, Read more...

"An Intense Medical Thriller!"
Reviewed by Phillip Tomasso
Posted December 22, 2003

As a fan of co-author Randall Ingermanson and John B. Olson's Oxygen and The Fifth Man, I was not sure what to expect seeing Olson out solo. What I discovered was not so shocking, as much as expected. Olson's Adrenaline is an intense medical thriller, comparable to any Read more...

Summary

Set in the not-so-distant future, Adrenaline introduces James Parker, a biochemistry grad student who discovers a cure for muscular dystrophy, the disease confining him to a wheelchair. However, the cure that began as his salvation appears to have bizarre side effects that open the door to an existence he never imagined. Darcy Williams, an attractive, intelligent, and delightfully quirky fellow grad student joins forces with James, but it is clear she is haunted by a dark secret. When they publish James's findings, their campus community is turned upside down by something they had never anticipated. Will discovery of the truth be too devastating to face? From the award-winning author of Oxygen.