Twenty-five years ago he killed her mother with her trapped in the dying woman's womb. Now, after having just killed her father, he tries to kill her. Elisia Tobias, a brilliant, beautiful, young radiologist in training has created an imaging device that not only can remove tumors without the need for surgery, it may also cure medical disorders such as leukemia and AIDS. Conducting her research with Matthew Bourne, a neuropsychiatrist, the two fall in love. Fearful his practice will be destroyed, an unknown member of the hospital executive committee leading a double life, not only as a respected surgical specialist in their New Jersey community, but also as a crazed sociopathic serial killer, believes Elisia is a threat to him. After his runaway teenage daughter is ruthlessly killed, Wes Niemeyer, a man conducting illegal exotic endangered species hunts in Colorado, the surgeon being a recent client, comes east to track down his daughter's unknown killer. A trail of deception and murder finally ends when these four, both by plan and by chance, come together, the future of the practice of medicine hanging in the balance.