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Dr. Drake Cody is an emergency doctor and researcher with a past no physician is allowed to have. He has developed an experimental drug that may help the paralyzed walk. A ruthless, criminal organization working in the shadows of the pharmaceutical industry will stop at nothing to obtain the drug and the riches it will bring. A young attorney, the wife of one of Drake's partners, dies in a fashion that defies explanation was she murdered Drake, his wife, and their two young children are swept into a firestorm of crime and intrigue. The stakes ratchet ever-higher as Drake and his family become pawns in a deadly contest where their lives mean nothing. Drake's hidden past may keep them alive or destroy them. Greed, betrayal, and violence confront courage and love of family as Drake and Rachelle battle to save what matters most their children, their love and their lives. ***Award-winning physician/author Tom Combs' suspense-packed medical mystery/thriller, explodes with true-to-life medical action as renegade agents of the trillion dollar pharmaceutical industry place a young ER physician and his family in deadly peril. It is a tale of heart-pounding thrills, brilliant twists, and gut-clenching emotion. Written in non-technical language by a physician/author with more than 20 years front-line experience in level one trauma/acute care ERs.