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From The Sisterhood, Michael Palmer's first Ny Times bestseller, to The In-Patient, his ninth, reviewers have proclaimed him a master of medical suspense. Acknowledged all over the world for original, topical, nail-biting suspense, emergency physician Palmer'swork hasbeen translated into significantly more than thirty-five languages. Today he reaches controversial and surprising new levels in a frightening story of cutting edge microbiology, unbridled greed, and murder, where possibly understanding too small or relying too much could be FATAL.In Chicago, a pregnant cafeteria worker suffering nothing more malevolent than flu-like symptoms starts hemorrhaging out of every section of her body. In Boston, an excellent musician, her face disfigured by an unknown disease, rapidly descends right into a life-threatening fear.