Publisher's Synopsis
When Dr. Theresa Hightower failed to show up to the class she was teaching at The University of Chicago, her graduate students were told that she had to leave town immediately because her mother was ill. In truth, the professor had been kidnapped.
Set in the present-day, this character-driven psychological suspense novel tells the story of locating the missing woman, her captors, and the secret laboratory where a cruel genetic engineering experiment was taking place. The story touches upon basic issues concerning human subjects' rights, the ethics of certain biomedical research investigations, and the desire to create powerful weapons of war in order to "save the world as we know it." It compels us to ask whether the pursuit of righteous goals justifies any scientific means possible to achieve them. It also raises the issue of whether a major research university functions to disseminate knowledge or to conceal much of it from public view. If the latter, who are the parties responsible for keeping things "under wraps" and towards what end?
