Edited by anniekins at 10-07-2023 20:53
Pia Grazani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist oncutting-edge research that could revolutionize health care by creatingreplacement organs for critically ill patients. Thorough her work with thebrilliant molecular geneticist Dr. Tobias Rothman, Pia knows she will be giventhe chance to fulfill her ambition to participate in medical discoveries thatcan help millions while bringing her a measure of personal peace that mightonce and for all push aside memories of her difficult and abusive childhood. But when tragedy strikes in the lab, Pia, with the help ofinfatuated classmate George Wilson, must investigate the unforeseen calamity inthe hospital's supposedly secure biosafety lab. Meanwhile, two ex-Wall Street whiz kids think they havefound another loadstone in the nation's multi-trillion dollar life insuranceindustry. They race to find ways to control actuarial data and securitize thepolicies of the aged and infirm to make another killing. As Pia and George dig deeper into the events at the lab onequestion remains unanswered: is someone attempting to manipulate privateinsurance information to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others?
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