Dr. Robin Vastbinder, a staff oncologist at Brookln University hospital, receives a call from the E.R. that forever changes her life. A young woman rolls through the door of the E.R. and dies of end-stage lymphoma with a slew of unanswered questions. She had lived six years with a rare cancer that usually kills in months without treatment. And her now orphaned six-year old son holds something so dark in the depths of his mind that he may never speak again.With the help of Dr. Orpheus Martin, chief of Pathology at Brooklyn University hospital, she uncovers the truth that she wished shed never found. The womans blood cures cancer. And so does her sons. Which leads to mysterious men that seem to appear everywhere Robin goes. And now she must depend on Detective Frank Roberts, a cop linked to the woman that died in the E.R., to help her evade the forces that are more powerful than she could ever imagine.When Dr. Vastbinder finally unlocks the truth, she realizes the little boys life is in danger. And with the help of Detective Roberts, she must find the boy and protect him from the men who will stop at nothing to get him.