Set amidst the secret meetings doctors must attend to answer for bad outcomes during surgery, five surgeons confront their personal and professional failings in this novel from the practicing neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent at CNN.

Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die-- until a motorcycle accident leaves her fiancé, Sam Talbot, a quadriplegic. When Sam suddenly dies from an unexpected heart attack, an autopsy reveals that Sam died of an unusual heart defect, one seen only in those under extreme stress. In fact, it appears that Sam had been literally scared to death. As Julie investigates similar cases, she is threatened and she finds herself accused...