New York: Ballantine, (2001). SIGNED first edition - A medical thriller by a former ER doctor - Dr. Richard Steele "is being recruited into a movement to examine the hazards of genetically modified foods, a job that takes him to an explosive conference in Hawaii.. . With genetic researching opening new doors, one man has realized that altered strains of DNA cannot only change the make up of plant life--they can create the deadliest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed upon the world." SIGNED on the title page. 409 pp.