The most POWERFUL substance ever conceived by man is now a reality. It was designed to prolong and enhance life as we know it, but it soon became clear that it was even more destined to destroy it.<br> Thomas Larkin is a publicly acclaimed scientist, genius, and now a wanted man. He holds the key to a door that most men would kill to posses. Then one afternoon Larkin is gone, vanished into thin air. Anyone could have taken him, the suspects would be endless. Only Adrian Cain; Larkin's best friend and Chicago's own dark knight the master private investigator, knew the answer to the disappearance. Marcus Mason - The Scorpion, a man who could kill without conscience, and then sleep without remorse. Was Larkin taken because of what he'd created? Or because of what he was preparing to do with it.<br> Now Adrian Cain has to avoid the twisted poisons that only The Scorpion can administer with such deadly accuracy, on the most gut checking case of his career, in hopes to save his best Friend's life in time.
