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If the biblical plagues of Egypt truly happened—could they happen again—on a global scale? Two years after vanishing into the Sudanese desert, Professor Harold McCabe comes stumbling out of the sands, but he dies before he can tell his story. Then an autopsy uncovers a bizarre corruption...

The Curiosity, Stephen Kiernan’s debut novel, is a gripping, poignant, and thoroughly original thriller that raises disturbing questions about the very nature of life and humanity—man as a scientific subject, as a tabloid plaything, as a living being, as a curiosity.… Dr. Kate Philo and...

When a national disaster strikes, "first the living" is the rule. Unless you're the Bug Man. When Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans, forensic entomologist Nick Polchak signs up to help with the recovery effort. He is known as the Bug Man for his knowledge of insects and what they can reveal...

San Francisco attorney Mike Webster does not lose medical-malpractice cases. But his stellar reputation and faith are put to the test when he agrees to defend Dr. Johanna Anderson, a brilliant and beautiful psychologist. Jo is accused of failing to prevent the death of Seth Bell, a senator's son she was treating with a revolutionary technology-assisted therapy called the Mind's Eye.

Heather Lawrence’s long-awaited vacation to Salzburg wasn’t supposed to go like this. Mere hours into the transatlantic flight, the Houston FBI agent is awakened when passengers begin exhibiting horrific symptoms of an unknown infection. As the virus quickly spreads and dozens of passengers fall ill, Heather fears she’s witnessing an epidemic similar to ones her estranged husband studies for a living - but this airborne contagion may have been deliberately released.

The discovery of a deadly virus being smuggled across the border pits FBI Special Agent James Mason and his strike force against an unknown adversary hell-bent on humanity’s destruction. In a desperate effort to contain the pathogen, they launch a predawn raid, only to find that their enemy knows they’re coming...and it’s not about to be taken alive. An explosion rips through the building, killing the majority of Mason’s team, including his partner and mentor.

Every time surgeons operate, they're betting their skills are better than the brain tumor, the faulty heart valve, the fractured femur. Sometimes, they're wrong. At Chelsea General, surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality conference, known as M & M. This extraordinary...

Straight out of today’s hospitals and labs–and tomorrow’s headlines–comes a frightening, scalpel-sharp thriller from medical insider Joshua Spanogle. In an astounding debut, Spanogle takes us on an all-too-real race against time…as a young doctor enters the dark side of scientific...

Am Schauplatz eines Verkehrsunfalls wird die Leiche eines Mannes gefunden, der schon Stunden zuvor ums Leben kam, aber dennoch typische Unfallverletzungen aufweist. Im Blut des Toten findet sich ein unbekannter Wirkstoff. Rechtsmediziner Dr. Russel Owen bittet einen Freund aus Studientagen um Hilfe und kommt dabei skrupellosen Menschenversuchen auf die Spur.

Dr. Russel Owen und seine Kollegin Jane Perkins sind auf dem Rückweg von einem Ärztekongress, als ihr Wagen eine Panne hat und liegenbleibt. In einem nahen Waldstück entdecken sie daraufhin eine notdürftig verscharrte Leiche. Als sie mit dem Sheriff der nächsten Kleinstadt zum Fundort zurückkehren, ist der Tote allerdings verschwunden. Was wird hier gespielt? Und weshalb begegnen die Einwohner der Stadt den Neuankömmlingen mit verdächtigem Misstrauen? Schnell stecken die Rechtsmediziner des NYPD wieder bis zum Hals in einem neuen Fall.