From F. Paul Wilson, the best-selling and acclaimed author of the
Repairman Jack series, comes a lightning-paced, whip-smart thriller sure
to please both die-hard fans and newcomers to Wilson's spellbinding
world. Will Burleigh is a hard-nosed, no-nonsense M.D. totally dedicated
to the health and welfare of the patients in his practice. But when he
himself is diagnosed with throat cancer, he can't bear the idea of
undergoing massive radiation and radical surgery that will leave him
permanently disfigured--all with no guarantee he will live at all.
Having made peace with his decision to die, Will is nonetheless
convinced by a former patient to visit a healer, a mysterious and
beautiful woman named Maya who claims she can help him, but only if he
opens himself up completely to her and the harmony of the world around
him.
To find that harmony, she insists, Will must follow her to Mesoamerica,
to the home of her people, to search for what she calls the Fifth
Harmonic. Will agrees, but he secretly brings along what he calls a
Kevorkian Kit to give him a quick end in case his rapidly spreading
tumor gets the best of him. Maya too, has her secrets, and as Will
unravels them, he begins to fear he might have made a terrible mistake.
