A routine spinal injection during a normal birth. And for Dr Jeffrey Rhodes, a living nightmare begins...Before his eyes, a young, healthy woman suffers inexplicable seizures and dies. Her child survives, brain damaged and severely disabled. Disgraced and convicted of a fatal error, Rhodes becomes a fugitive. Desperate to uncover what really happened in the operating room. Before a killer claims another life...

Dr. Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health.
He is best known for combining medical writing with the thriller genre. Several of his books have been bestsellers on the "New York Times" Bestseller List. Several of his books have also been featured in Reader's Digest.