New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring Lara Blackwood, a genetic engineering entrepreneur. When she receives a call from an old college friend asking her help in solving a ghastly epidemic in Tokyo, she agrees to help and, with a single phone call, sets in motion a chain of death and mayhem stretching from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., Amsterdam, and Japan. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Watch Your Back" and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. 367` pp. ISBN: 0-312-301113.