In New York City a young seemingly healthy woman is struck down by a respiratory attack as
she heads home on the subway. By the time she arrives in Manhattan she's dead. She ends up on
forensic pathologist Jack Stapleton's autopsy table which reveals surprising findings about
the cause of death. Fearing the woman's case could be the first in a severe outbreak of a
deadly airborne virus Jack works in overdrive for a diagnosis. As the inconclusive tests come
back Jack urges his wife and chief medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery to sound the
alarm at the mayor's office concerned that more cases may follow. When further cases do occur
around the city and then in Los Angeles London and Rome Jack enters a race against time to
discover the link that connects all the victims before it's too late . . . PRAISE FOR ROBIN
COOK'You'll find yourself completely hooked' Daily Mail'Robin Cook virtually invented the
medical thriller in the 1970s with Coma' Guardian
