Edited by anniekins at 10-07-2023 20:52
After a tumultuous year in which her mentor is murdered andher estranged father comes back into her life, Pia Grazdani, the embattledmedical student from Death Benefit, decides to take a year off from her medicalstudies and escape New York City. Intrigued by the promise of the burgeoningfield of medical technology and the chance to clear her head, Pia takes a jobat Nanobots, a lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology insititute inthe picturesque foothills of the Rockies. Nanobots is ahead of the curve in thecompetitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction ofmicrobivores, tiny nano-robots with the ability to gobble up viruses andbacteria. But the corporate campus is a place of secrets. She's warnedby her boss not to investigate the other work being done at the giganticfacility, nor to ask questions about the source of the seemingly endlesscapital that funds the institute's research. And when Pia encounters a fellowemployee on a corporate jogging path, suffering the effects of a seizure, shesoon realizes she may have literally stumbled upon Nanobot's human guinea pigs.Is the tech giant on the cusp of one of the biggest medical discoveries of thetwenty-first century - a treatment option for millions - or have they alreadysold out to the highest bidder?
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