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Flashback
Flashback | Gary Braver
2 posts | 1 read | 1 to read
If you could relive your childhood, would you? What if you had no choice? On the thirty-fifth anniversary of his parents' mysterious drowning, Jack Koryan returns to his family beach cottage. During a swim, Jack is attacked by a school of rare jellyfish whose toxic stings put him in a coma for three years. When he awakens, he finds that the jellyfish toxin has left him with an extraordinary memory that impresses his doctors. This discovery is complicated by flashbacks: some, pleasant childhood vignettes, others, confusing flashes of violence that leave him quaking in horror. Jack wonders if he's losing his mind, but that fear is dispelled by Rene Ballard, a pharmacologist working on the world's first cure for Alzheimer's Disease. She wants to test Jack because the basis of the drug is the very jellyfish toxin that sent Jack into a coma. And, while several test patients have miraculously regained functionality, others are also experiencing dangerous flashback seizures. Ballard's revelation sets Jack on a quest to discover what is happening to him. He and Rene uncover a sinister pattern of lies and deceit that has left behind a trail of bodies, and several elderly patients stuck in a past that they cannot emerge from--or don't want to. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Snape_Nerd
Flashback | Gary Braver
Mehso-so

I really enjoyed the beginning and the end of this medical thriller. The middle, well, it was so-so. It started off with the intensity of a dangerous situation (complete with toxic jellyfish). I found the middle of the story to be a bit dull for my taste (too much medical jargon and slimy big-pharma deals for my taste). The ending helped redeem the book 📚. Recommended if you are studying medicine or enjoy Greys Anatomy.

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Snape_Nerd
Flashback | Gary Braver
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You‘ll get the jellyfish reference if you check out this book. Great medical thriller...almost finished.