When Max Hooker finds out that one of his best friends is missingwithout a trace and their ex-employer, the CIA is stonewalling, hetakes matters into his own hands. The hunt for the killers takes him toParis, Sofia, and Istanbul. He tracks down the organization that hacksinto medical databases around the world in search of perfect heartdonors for their customers. Max discovers that his friend's heart wasa perfect match for one of the organization's clients. He was murderedby a team of crooked doctors, who harvest his heart for the transplantinto their rich client who is dying of heart failure. The shoot-out withthe killers and doctors takes place in the operating room in the middleof a heart transplant operation. Max now tracks down the ultimatekiller, the man who paid to have his friend murdered in order to continueliving himself. Revolted by the gruesome discovery he vows tofind the man who lives with the heart that rightfully belongs to hisfriend and kill him. When he comes face-to-face with his friend's realkiller, Max has to make a harrowing choice.Dan Danov lives in Hobe Sound, along thefamous Treasure Coast. He draws fromFlorida's vibrant, multi-cultured population tocreate his famous character Max Hooker.His background in international security mattersand high technology provides thesetting for his hair-raising adventures thatspan all continents at break-neck speed.