M. L. Stover holds a master’s degree in anthropology and is certified in forensic identification. Stover brings her real-life interests and experiences, including work at the Ventura County Crime Lab, to the novels she writes. She lives in Southern California with her music producer husband.

David Mariani is a successful doctor in Beverly Hills. Just as he begins to suspect a big-pharma conspiracy related to a number of his young patients, a mysterious and beautiful woman sweeps into his life, turning it upside down—but then, just as quickly as she appeared, she disappears with her young daughter, and the mild-mannered doctor finds himself pulled into the adventure of his life . . . unraveling a world of international intrigue and government conspiracies, and immersed in a genetic code mystery that could affect the future of the entire human race.