Former ER doctor Peter Clement blends electrifying human drama with the suspense of top-notch medical thrillers. Now， in an all-too-plausible story that could have been torn from today s headlines， Clement has written his most gripping， utterly chilling novel to date.On an isolated stretch of moonlit highway in Oahu， a woman cradles her dying son in her arms. Though a physician， she cannot staunch the flow of foamy blood from his body. In the days that follow， an autopsy draws a shocking conclusion: the boy， his lungs filled with blood， died of a disease previously found only in birds. On the other side of the globe， a burned-out ER doctor repeats to himself over and over: Physician， heal thyself. For Dr. Richard Steele， a near fatal heart attack in the middle of his own hospital was the last warning he needed. Now Steele is being recruited into a movement to examine the hazards of genetically modified foods， a job that takes him to an explosive conference in Hawaii.Spearheaded by a charismatic female doctor， the anti-bioengineering movement is gathering steam. While a powerful company is using genetic breakthroughs to create new， disease-resistant super crops， activists warn that new DNA strains will wreak havoc on the environment. But no one suspects that the controversy is masking a far more frightening human threat.From the war-torn Middle East to an insulated laboratory in New York， from murder in a French cathedral to an act of terrifying violence at a remote Hawaii farm， a horrific plot is set in motion. With genetic researching opening new doors， one man has realized that altered strains of DNA cannot only change the make up of plant life--they can create the deadliest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed upon the world.