A brilliant embryologist - the nephew of the president of the United States - is dead. The freakish accident that sent Dr. Tim Sullivan's car plunging into an icy river has left troubling questions: Why is his in vitro fertilization clinic suddenly mired in a lawsuit? What was the nature of the embryo research with which he was obsessed? is the president somehow involved?
Only one thing seems clear - Dr. Sullivan had made a ''devil's bargain'' that now endangers his family and colleagues. Dr. Ben McKay must uncover the hidden truth about his friend and medical partner's research before more lives are swept away in the deadly harvest. In the process, he is forced to face his past and his feelings for Marnie Sullivan, the widow whose life has been thrust into his keeping.
Ambition, jealousy, and the ultimate meaning of love move this riveting story through the dark labyrinth that may lie buried under breakthroughs in genetic research and cloning.
Only one thing seems clear - Dr. Sullivan had made a ''devil's bargain'' that now endangers his family and colleagues. Dr. Ben McKay must uncover the hidden truth about his friend and medical partner's research before more lives are swept away in the deadly harvest. In the process, he is forced to face his past and his feelings for Marnie Sullivan, the widow whose life has been thrust into his keeping.
Ambition, jealousy, and the ultimate meaning of love move this riveting story through the dark labyrinth that may lie buried under breakthroughs in genetic research and cloning.
