"Fans of Michael Crichton will love this heart-pounding thriller." --Joseph Finder

In a Washington, D.C. research lab, a brilliant scientist is attacked by his own test subjects. At Columbia University, a talented biochemist is lured out of her apartment and never seen again. In the Justice Department's new Bioethics Committee, agent Les Mahler sees a sinister pattern emerging. . .

Zoe Kincaid is a petite college student whose rare genetic makeup may hold the key to a powerful medical breakthrough. When she is kidnapped, the very thing mankind has wanted since the dawn of time threatens to unleash our final destruction.

"A crackling good read. . .terrific and totally unexpected."--Michael Palmer

"A twisting, suspenseful thriller." --William Landay