Ex-Special Forces Medic, Dr Steven Dunbar of the Sci-Med Inspectorate, is asked to investigate the suspicious death of an English university lecturer. Sci-Med's concern is that the man once worked at Porton Down, the UK's Defence Research establishment and there is a fear that there might be a link. Steven is drawn into a web of deceit, intrigue and cover-up at the highest government level leading to his becoming entangled in the controversy surrounding Gulf War Syndrome and the true origin of the disease.

This title was first published by Allison & Busby in the UK in 2004. It is the fourth Dr Steven Dunbar thriller.

Ken McClure is the internationally bestselling author of over twenty medical thrillers such as The Lazarus Strain, Past Lives, White Death and Dust to Dust. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages and he has earned a reputation for the accuracy of his predictions. McClure's work is informed by his background as an award-winning research scientist with the UK's Medical Research Council.