Dr Mike Richmond has just joined Connecticut's most prestigious medical practice. For the brilliant young surgeon, it is a career-making opportunity. But it comes with a chilling price. It begins with a critical error in judgment that puts a woman's life at grave risk. Then a patient inexplicably dies. As more and more people meet suspicious deaths - and Mike is blamed - he realises he's a crucial link in a diabolical conspiracy that runs deeper than he could ever imagine.....