The mutilated body of a notorious underworld figure leads forensic pathologist Dr. Jack Stapleton to a mysterious group in Africa that uses state-of-the-art medical technology for sinister purposes
The corpse of a mob boss disappears from the city morgue before an autopsy can be performed. It is eventually returned, but without its hands, head, feet, and liver. Dr. Jack Stapleton, the forensic pathologist, doesn't know who took the body, but his quest to discover the truth leads him to the jungles of Africa and the heart of a sinister organization.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Mystery + Crime
- Subgenre: Medical, Medicine + Health, Action + Thrillers, Organized Crime, Suspense, Types of Characters, Legal + Courtroom + Crime, Holocaust
- Publisher: Berkley Pub. Group
- Pages: 460
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: April 1, 1998
- Date Published: April 1, 1998
- Author: Robin Cook