Controversial oncologist Dr. Anson Lunt dies in a suspicious plane crash just as one of his researchers develops what appears to be a magic bullet against all forms of cancer. Before Lunts mangled body grows cold, powerful forces are conspiring to seize control of the top-secret cure, either to reap the riches at stake or to suppress the discovery entirely. Industrial espionage, blackmail, and murder are only a few of the ruthless strategies employed in the no-holds-barred battle for the cure.

Jack D. Hunter has written numerous novels while working as a journalist and serving in military and corporate sectors. Two of his novels were made into motion pictures, and another, The Expendable Spy, was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award of the Mystery Writers of America. He often bases his novels on his experiences as a U.S. counterintelligence agent in World War II.