A Surgeon's Peril

Patient zero brings something new. A disease that looks like malaria but is aerosolized. It would deliver death in the most horrible way—through an enlarged and then ruptured spleen.

Surgery is the answer, and there’s only one doctor who can perform the necessary operation because the hospital is in quarantine. The first death suggests it could spin out of control quickly.

What happens when an old nemesis shows up to exact revenge while the doctors are fighting a bacteria-sized enemy? Chip McClure and his surgical team are the target of salvation, angst, and retribution. The cases are stacking up. Go forward under the watchful eye of a criminal or negotiate a way out?

Anything and everything is on the table to resolve the conflict as quickly as possible without losing more patients. Time is the constant enemy and it’s slipping away like sand through their fingers.

Million-selling author Craig Martelle partners with world-renowned surgeon James Toouli AM, B(Med)Sci, MBBS, PhD FRACS. to spin a tale of intrigue and danger, of rapid-fire decisions and actions.