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The C

Michael Crichton

Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So much so that he requires a police guard when entering a Los Angeles hospital for treatment.Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, is convinced he can cure Benson through a procedure known as stage three. During this highly specialized surgery, electrodes are placed deep in Benson's brain, sending monitored soothing pulses to its pleasure canyons.The operation is a success -- until Benson discovers how to get the pulses with increasing frequency. He escapes from the hospital, a homicidal maniac with a deadly agenda....

GenresPsychosurgeryFictionScience fiction

289 pages

English edition · First published 1993 by Ballantine Books · ISBN 9780345354624

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