The Clinic — Kip Langello

In the heart-pounding tradition of Robin Cook and Michael Palmer, a new master of medical terror inverts the wonders of fertility science to reveal its unthinkable possibilities. In this harrowing, suspenseful novel, Kip Langello crafts the tale of a young mother-to-be, on the run from an isolated retreat where medical miracles aren't quite what they seem.

Dan and Laura Fielding wanted a baby more than anything. They had tried for years, seen countless doctors and fertility specialists, and had almost given up hope when they heard about the New Life Center. Tucked away in a small Alabama town, the clinic was run by the soft-spoken Dr. Norman Chyles, whose breakthrough hormonal therapy had worked for many couples. Laura and Dan decided that their dream was worth a few sacrifices; beyond the steep medical fees, Laura would have to put her New Orleans legal career on hold for nine months of quiet rural life.

But soon after Laura arrived at the clinic, an unnerving pattern of deadly accidents began to emerge--the victims, all new mothers, were Dr. Chyles' patients. Even more frightening were the clinic's newborns. While each was a bona fide miracle birth, they all had a strange, lifeless quality, and a look in their eyes that was distant--and unsettling. And when she begins to uncover the horrifying reality behind the clinic's operations, Laura is faced with a horrible choice: her baby or her life.