The Cure: A Novel

A Novel In The Best Tradition Of Douglas Preston And Michael Crichton ... With A Little John Grisham Thrown In. A Young Woman, Erin Palmer, Witnesses A Psychopath Murder Her Parents And Sister. The Bloody Trauma Propels Her Into A Scientific Career. She Is Studying The Microbiology Of The Psychopathic Brain, And Is On A Quest To Discover The Dna Which Engenders The Cerebral Disease. Teaming Up With A Powerful But Eccentric Billionaire, She At Last Isolates The Deadly Dna And Is On The Verge Of Finding A Cure For The Psychological Malady. But Things And People Are Not What They Seem. Both The Young Man She Thinks She Loves And The Tycoon Who Has Befriended Her Have A Sinister Side She Did Not Understand. Erin Is Ensnared In A Global Conspiracy Which May Culminate In Humanity's Utter Destruction. The Fate Of The Earth Is In Erin's Hands, And The World Must Hold Its Breath And Wait-- Douglas E. Richards. A Tom Doherty Associates Book. "A novel in the best tradition of Douglas Preston and Michael Crichton . . . with a little John Grisham thrown in. A young woman, Erin Palmer, witnesses a psychopath murder her parents and sister. The bloody trauma propels her into a scientific career. She is studying the microbiology of the psychopathic brain, and is on a quest to discover the DNA which engenders the cerebral disease. Teaming up with a powerful but eccentric billionaire, she at last isolates the deadly DNA and is on the verge of finding a cure for the psychological malady. But things and people are not what they seem. Both the young man she thinks she loves and the tycoon who has befriended her have a sinister side she did not understand. Erin is ensnared in a global conspiracy which may culminate in humanity's utter destruction. The fate of the earth is in Erin's hands, and the world must hold its breath and wait"-- Provided by publisher