Catching Cancer (Parallel Universe) - Softcover

Howes, Randolph M., Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477564225 ISBN 13: 9781477564226

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

The Sci-Fi Adventures ofDr. Kenneth Messenger:The Parallel UniverseSeriesCatching Cancer is an adventure of epic proportions, in which theentire human race is susceptible to an unexplained and unanticipatedraging cancer pandemic. Catching Cancer follows the adventure filledactivities of a medical doctor, who is also a scientist and a surgeon,facing a new world threat of contagion. Dr. Messenger has to use all ofhis diagnostic prowess to determine its cause and he has to push hisscientific intellect to formulate a cure....if a cure is possible. His questfor a cancer cure leads him into the uncertain arena of experimentalmedicine....a precarious world of unknowns, with unknown outcomes.There is a complicated web of contagion, which involves bacteria,viruses and genetic transmission of cancer. Vectors of cancertransmission could be anything from an infected animal with amutated genome to a contaminated shooting star.World health surveillance officers have identified multiple globalepicenters of the cancer contagion and officials aggressively aidin the fight against the pandemic. Ken has no choice but to risk anexceptional experimental cure by increasing the cancer victims oxidative capacity, attempting to kill the cancer and any mutatedviruses, while protecting the patient s delicate normal cells. His workbrings both personal tragedy and worldwide acclaim inside the wallsof his clinic. But, the death of his youngest daughter brings a wave ofdespair crashing down upon him, leaving a broken doctor in its wake.Even so, his challenges are not over.The story line revolves around two local men and one of Ken s oldlovers, all of whom have caught cancer. Dr. Messenger worksdesperately to save them and to save the world.This novel also handles adult dialogue andadult situations. The author, Dr. Howes, deliversa profound, heartfelt and shocking ending....the likes of which, I promise, you have notexperienced before.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1477564225
• ISBN 13: 9781477564226
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 131