Resultados para "Terror" en Médica

A city is hit by a sudden and strange epidemic of "white blindness", which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there social conventions quickly crumble and the struggle for survival brings out the worst in people.

Amenazados por la Muerte Roja, una terrible plaga con síntomas espantosos que se ha extendido sobre la tierra, el príncipe Próspero y otros mil nobles se han refugiado en su fortificada abadía. Con la intención de esperar al fin de la plaga, se recluyen rodeados de lujo y de seguridad, y con una total indiferencia hacia la muerte y el sufrimiento de la población en general.

During the day, Dr. Frankenstein works innocently in his laboratory to contribute his fair share of knowledge to society. But at night, he works endlessly in his secret laboratory located in the cellar with his cousin (Martin), perfecting Abellio, a hideous monster pieced together by dead bodies. Dr. Frankenstein has grown obsessed with studying information on the Neuralink Corporation, which is a neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk and others, developing implantable brain - machine interfaces (BMIs).

Depuis que j’ai commencé à participer à cette étude clinique, ma vie me semble lourde, déréglée, impossible. Oui, l’argent que j’y reçois aide beaucoup ma sœur, mais toute cette expérience me dépasse. Je suis de moins en moins charitable, de plus en plus impatient. Et je commence à faire des cauchemars. À avoir des hallucinations qui me semblent parfois tellement vraies....

Ce que j’aime faire de mes journées : rien. Je me définis comme un paresseux. Les DVD et les livres sont mes seuls amis, car ils n’exigent aucune concession de ma part. Même travailler ne me viendrait pas à l’esprit. Voilà pourquoi je prête mon corps à la science. Je participe à des études cliniques en tant que cobaye. Pas de responsabilités, peu d’exigences. On me paie pour tester des produits.

Mon seul problème, c’est que j’aimerais gagner plus d’argent. J’en ai besoin pour finir mes travaux dans la pièce insonorisée. Si je veux l’utiliser, un jour.... Je devrais peut-être creuser du côté de ce laboratoire, celui qui cherche des candidats pour tester un nouveau médicament. Ça paie drôlement bien ! Avec tout ce fric, ma salle de jeux serait rapidement opérationnelle.

Ten strangers, recruited by an edgy new reality show and marooned on an abandoned island overrun by wildlife. One dies in a horrible accident. Nine realize they are all past survivors, alive only because they've beaten incredible odds once before. One by one, their hidden secrets are revealed. Eight discover they are trapped. Caught in a game so deadly that the most terrifying experiences of their lives were only its qualifying round, they must now face the greatest danger on the island... each other.

DEA Special Agent Peter Malloy is no stranger to the devastating impact of drugs. So when six bodies turn up with surgical ports implanted in their spines, he's sure a potent new opioid is the culprit. But when lab tests show zero evidence of any known narcotics, he fears something far more sinister. Allison Stevens thought she knew everything about her boss. But after he disappears, she's stunned to discover his secret genetic research in pain tolerance. When she becomes the target of the FBI's investigation, Allison has only one move.

Set in the early 1900s, the novel follows young Lucia Rutkowska who, thanks to the influence of her beloved grandmother, escapes the Warsaw ghetto to work as a kitchen maid in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the bustling city of Paris. Too talented for her lowly position, Lucia is thrown out on the street. Her only recourse is to take a job working for a married couple - two disorganized, rather poor scientists so distracted by their work that their house and young child are often neglected.

You either build your world or you burn in someone else's. With every fleeting moment, the whole world draws closer to being overcome by the deadliest virus known to man. Steele's family home lies in burnt ruins on the shore of Lake Michigan. His group hunts for his missing mother in the apocalyptic wilderness filled with the dead. Instead he finds a group of refugees badly in need of his skills learned in the shadow war on terror, for they are persecuted at every step by the Chosen, a group of fanatics hell-bent on creating God's Kingdom in the rubble of society.

Two mysterious deaths—one in LA, one in Boston. Same horrific symptoms. No known cause. ONLY WRONG ONCE is the first book in the pulse-pounding FBI & CDC Thriller series from USA Today bestselling author Jenifer Ruff, and a remarkable look at the efforts and sacrifices of those who protect us. When FBI counterterrorism agent Quinn Traynor discovers the first victim of a lethal, unfamiliar virus, he calls CDC epidemiologist Madeline Hamilton. Their investigation reveals an imminent bio-terror attack, and their only hope is to identify the terrorists carrying the disease before it spreads.

In the aftermath of a terrorist attack, American intelligence agents who had let chatter about the attack slip past them, try to implicate the victims as somehow being in league with the perpetrators. Why? Because they didn't believe untrained civilians could fight back against the terrorists and survive. When they interrogate the daughter of one of the victims, Dr. Jack Burke, about the incident, she insists she knows nothing, but then sets out to unravel the mystery.

Some patients die on schedule. Some don’t. When terminally ill patients begin surviving longer than medicine predicts, the extensions are not miracles. They are brief, painful, and unsettlingly precise. Just enough time to remain lucid. Just enough time to say goodbye. Jack Carrington, a forensic pathologist, notices patterns no one else wants to see. Bodies show signs of deliberate intervention, not to cure, but to correct. The work is elegant. Controlled. Intentional. At a hospice across town, a nurse learns that certain questions change everything. Questions about consent. About suffering.

Disturbed pre-med student Keely Rexroth is unable to take ‘no’ for an answer when she is denied entry into a prestigious research program. As her ambition curdles into dark mania, she embarks on her own curriculum of twisted experimentation, fighting to keep her secrets from a campus priest who is too perceptive for his own good.

It's the pharmaceutical breakthrough of the millennium. DruTech Industries proudly presents N-SOM, a pill that completely replaces eight hours of sleep. Feel totally refreshed, both physically and mentally, in just fifteen minutes a night. The profit potential is boundless. Mankind's productivity will go through the roof. One third of a person's life could be recovered, for only ten dollars a dose. The FDA sends CDER agent Dr. Bill May to green light N-SOM for American use. The pressure, both political and monetary, is tremendous.

By day, Ivy Marrow saves lives. By night, she decides who deserves to lose them. Trained as a surgeon. Hiding in plain sight. Ivy has one rule: only the guilty bleed. But when Lucien-a dangerously charming intern-uncovers her truth, the line between obsession and destruction fades fast. As Harrowgate Memorial descends into blood-soaked chaos, Ivy must make an unthinkable choice; protect her secret, or survive the monster she helped create. Justice has never been so precise.

A night that starts out as the best night of David’s life goes terribly wrong. He and his fiancé, Julie, wander into Banger territory while trying to help a wounded man. David ends up shot in the head and his girlfriend, kidnapped. Fighting for his life, David is rushed to the hospital where a brilliant neurologist uses a daring new treatment to save him. He survives, but he doesn't remember a thing... not who he is or where he comes from, or that his girlfriend is in terrible danger.

Ex-cop Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels, ex-criminal Phineas Troutt, and ex-private eye Harry McGlade are all healing after a near-fatal encounter. But it's tough to mend when there's a serial killer prowling the halls at night, draining patients of their blood.

Fans of Stephen King and Joe Hill that like to listen to audiobooks like The Bird Box and The Haunting and can't get enough stories about serial killers are going to enjoy listening to The Asylum Confessions. The majority of these killers are expert manipulators. I realize they could be playing me and messing with my head. It's a chance I'm willing to take. And now...they might just be playing with yours too.

Campagne anglaise, 1958. Le village idyllique d'Olney St. Mary s'était maintenu dans son environnement paisible pendant plus de 900 ans. Jusqu'au jour où deux adolescents sont frappés par une mystérieuse maladie. Le docteur Hilary Newton, nouvellement arrivée, soupçonne une grippe banale d'être à l'origine de leur maladie. Très vite, le docteur et les habitants d'Olney St. Mary sont plongés dans un cauchemar, alors que la maladie ravage la population locale. Bien que les médecins utilisent les derniers médicaments disponibles, le nombre de morts ne cesse d'augmenter.