AustLit

'What if medicine’s greatest achievement was also its most deadly – and its most profitable?

'In the 20th century mankind discovered controversial new ways to create life but now a wave of mysterious deaths is suddenly sweeping across America.

'Is it God’s plan? An outcome of medical experimentation that was always possible? Or something even more sinister?

'Notorious LA detective Dominic Santino is desperate to stay out of the public gaze but the unexplained death of a friend’s nephew drags him into the most puzzling and lethal investigation of his chequered career.

'Despite his reputation for solving the most difficult cases, the seasoned detective is baffled by a trail of seemingly-healthy victims. With no apparent evidence of criminal foul play, Santino enlists the help of a renowned geneticist, the intriguing Dr Arnya Sloane.

'With the body count rising, Santino and Sloane race against time to stop the media, Big Pharma and the FBI from burying the truth along with the mounting dead.

'With 5 million lives in the balance, one family’s private misery provides the crucial clue that links all the deaths – but is it too late?

'A relentless cop and a brilliant doctor are thrown together by powerful forces and an old enemy in this page-turning thriller about giving life, taking life and getting rich at any cost.'(Publication summary)