The explosive new thriller fromNew York Timesndashbestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin CookLynn Peirce a fourth-year medical student at South Carolinarsquos Mason-Dixon University thinks she has her life figured out But when her otherwise healthy boyfriend Carl enters the hospital for routine surgery her neatly ordered life is thrown into total chaos Carl fails to return to consciousness after the procedure and an MRI confirms brain deathDevastated by Carlrsquos condition Lynn searches for answers Convinced therersquos more to the story than what the authorities are willing to reveal Lynn uses all her resources at Mason-Dixonmdashincluding her initially reluctant lab partner Michael Pendermdashto hunt down evidence of medical error or malpracticeWhat she uncovers however is far more disturbing Hospitals associated with Middleton Healthcare including the Mason-Dixon Medical Center have unnervingly high rates of unexplained anesthetic complications and patients contracting serious and terminal illness in the wake of routine hospital admissionsWhen Lynn and Michael begin to receive death threats they know theyrsquore into something bigger than either of them anticipated They soon enter a desperate race against time for answers before shadowy forces behind Middleton Healthcare and their partner Sidereal Pharmaceuticals can put a stop to their efforts once and for all.
