Plague Ship (27 page)

Patient One

A Novel

Leonard Goldberg

A new thriller from
USA Today
best-selling author Leonard Goldberg

U.S. President John Merrill is hosting Russian President Dimitri Suslev at a glittering official dinner to celebrate a new economic pact. As the after-dinner toasts begin, the two leaders, their wives, and scores of prominent guests become violently ill. Merrill and Suslev, along with the other stricken guests, are rushed to the nearest hospital. As Secret Service agents struggle to secure the hospital and locate Merrill’s daughter, the President’s personal physician—who’s been withholding critical medical information about the Commander-in-Chief—tries desperately to stabilize the President.

In the chaos, Chechen terrorists make their move, breaching the secured area and taking both presidents hostage. Emergency-room physician David Ballineau, a former commando struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, and trauma nurse Carolyn Ross may be President Merrill’s only hope for survival.

978-0-7387-3046-2, 384 pp., 5
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