When science tries to play God, can one man summon the courage to stand in its way? When Lacey McHenry accepts a prestigious research fellowship at the world-renowned Kendall-Jakes Longevity Institute, she sees it as a new start in life. But when a disturbing late-night encounter with a bizarre intruder leads to a cover-up by Institute authorities, she soon realizes all isn't as it seems. Caught in an elaborate game of deception and seduction, her only ally seems to be the brilliant but absent-minded geneticist, Cameron Reinhardt. A favorite of the Institute's charismatic director, Cameron too came to K-J hoping to escape his past. But the more he learns about Lacey's attacker, the more he fears that the past still pursues him. Not certain they can trust each other, Cameron and Lacey reluctantly work together to uncover the shocking secrets that lurk behind the Institute's respectable facade--secrets that turn out to be bigger, stranger, and far more dangerous than either of them could have imagined.