The Bone Curse
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- USD 3.99
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- USD 3.99
Publisher Description
Medicine has no cure for evil...
"The Bone Curse is a strong medical thriller-inclusive, skillfully written, and inviting."-Foreword Reviews
Ben Oris, a pragmatic med student from Philadelphia, gets cut by an old bone while touring the Paris catacombs. His companion Laurette, a public health student from Haiti, senses danger and worries an evil curse now runs through him.
Ben scoffs at the idea--he simply has a wound that won't heal--and back home he returns to his stressful clerkship at the hospital. But when people close to him succumb to a grisly illness and a dark priest pursues him, his skepticism wavers. Could a bone from an 18th century skeleton with a frightening history really cause modern-day disease?
With the help of Laurette, he scrambles to find a cure through Vodou before more of his loved ones die. But first, he must battle the mysterious priest who's bent on vengeance and determined to have Ben's blood as his own.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the arresting opening of this horror-tinged mystery from Rubin (The Seneca Scourge), American medical student Ben Oris visits the Paris Catacombs with his best friend Laurette, a med student from Haiti. After Ben is cut by a bone in the catacombs, bad luck follows him back home to Philadelphia. People in Ben's life, including an ex-girlfriend and his estranged mother, develop a violent and possibly fatal illness. Laurette, whose family is practiced in the traditions of Haitian Vodou, warns Ben that she suspects the bone contained a centuries-old curse. Practical, logical Ben resists the idea that a powerful supernatural force is behind the illnesses. Realistic details of Ben's hospital clerkship as he and other med students diagnose patients help ground the story's paranormal elements. Laurette's belief in unknown forces at work in the world serves as a foil to Ben's pragmatic skepticism, though her character is less developed than his and not much is made of the Vodou angle. The novel's strength lies in the author's sensitive commentary on adult responsibilities and mental illness. (BookLife)
