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- LIFE BLOOD
- BOOKS BY THOMAS HOOVER
- Nonfiction
- Zen Culture
- The Zen Experience
- Fiction
- The Moghul
- Caribbee
- Wall Street _Samurai_
- Project Daedalus
- Project Cyclops
- Life Blood
- Syndrome
- All free as e-books at
- PINNACLE BOOKS are published by
- Kensington Publishing Corp. 850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022
- Copyright (C) 2000 by Thomas Hoover
- First Printing: December, 2000 10 987654321
- Printed in the United States of America
- ISBN: 0-7860-1313-3
- THOMAS HOOVER (Author)
- LIFE BLOOD (Novel: Medical Thriller)
- LIFE BLOOD
- Chapter One
- Before long we decided to stop waiting for the perfect
- I rang Carly's bell and she buzzed me right up.
- I was dead set to prove him wrong.
- Chapter Two
- I took a deep breath.
- Chapter Three
- He was there a month, following false leads, till he finally
- Chapter Four
- I also needed a little downtime to reflect.
- Chapter Five
- Lou just shrugged and leaned back in his seat. "Take as
- He continued as he zipped up the jacket. "Shiva has four arms because--"
- I had to shake my head no. It sounded vaguely familiar, but . . .
- I listened to this, wondering where he was headed. Then he told me.
- Chapter Six
- Didn't happen. He'd managed four years of premed at
- Chapter Seven
- He was frowning, his usual skeptical self. "How long--?"
- Chapter Eight
- I shot a glance at him. "Does my Blue Cross cover this?"
- I began feeling along the wall for the light switch.
- Well, I thought, she certainly could use some "centering."
- Chapter Nine
- Without thinking, I heard myself declaring, "No, this is an emergency."
- I think I gasped. What was he trying to put into my body?
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- God help me, I thought, my mind-state turning even more
- Oh, boy. "Did he leave a package?"
- I jumped as the phone erupted by my ear.
- Chapter Twelve
- I wanted to know.
- Chapter Thirteen
- She looked at me. "What . . . what are you going to do?"
- I dropped the towels and ran into the bedroom.
- It sounded garbled and probably didn't occur as quickly
- I scanned down the page, and then I saw it.
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- The answer: "Ninos del Mundo, Peten Department."
- My hopes sank. Great. That was like saying your address
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- I stood gazing at the dark sky for a long moment, and
- Chapter Eighteen
- I got the desk to give me the local AT&T contact number,
- I hesitated, wondering why he would ask and also unsure what to say.
- I sat there a moment staring at the floor. What was I getting into?
- Chapter Nineteen
- I felt my palms go cold. "Doesn't seem too much to ask, considering."
- I felt another wave of dismay, right into my churning stomach.
- Chapter Twenty
- Chapter Twenty-one
- God, I thought. Why didn't she come home to us, to Lou
- Chapter Twenty-two
- He smiled again. "Excellent. If this person can come here
- Then they did. Thank goodness. But when I asked for Steve--
- I hung up, trying to stay calm. Steve, where are you?
- I made a snap decision. Take the chance and give them a try.
- Chapter Twenty-three
- Then I glanced down again at the tray. "And what's in that bowl?"
- Chapter Twenty-four
- I pulled back the door, took a deep breath, and checked out the hallway.
- I started counting. They were in racks, stacked, in sets of
- Then the voice came back: "No, nobody by that name stays here."
- ALKALOIDS
- CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES
- PHENOLICS
- SAPONINS
- TERPENOIDS
- My stomach was churning, bile in my throat, and I thought
- It rang and rang some more. Then finally--
- I think I stopped breathing.
- I couldn't bring myself to tell him what was really going on.
- Chapter Twenty-five
- I wasn't sure how politic I ought to be. Third World food . . .
- Help us in our struggle against
- Chapter Twenty-six
- I gazed into the mirror and gasped. I was monstrous, a Halloween harpy.
- Chapter Twenty-seven
- I closed the knife and shoved it back into his bag, then turned to him.
- I made a dash, hoping to slip past them in the dark hall.
- Finally I felt something clenching my wrist, and the next
- Chapter Twenty-eight
- I finally forced myself to place him back into Marcelina's arms.
- Chapter Twenty-nine
- He was speechless for a long moment. Finally he just said, "Wow."
- BOOKS BY THOMAS HOOVER
- Nonfiction
- Zen Culture
- The Zen Experience
- Fiction
- The Moghul
- Caribbee
- Wall Street _Samurai_
- Project Daedalus
- Project Cyclops
- Life Blood
- Syndrome
- All free as e-books at