The New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense delivers another
novel at the crossroads of politics and medicine in this shocker of a thriller

On the night of the State of the Union address, President Max Hilliard expects
to give the speech of his career. But no one anticipates the terrifying turn
of events that forces him to quarantine everyone in the Capitol building.
A terrorist group calling itself "Genesis' has unleashed WRX3883, a deadly,
highly contagious virus, into the building. No one fully knows the deadly effect
of the germ except for the team responsible for its development--a team headed
by Hilliard, himself. The only one who might be able to help is virologist
Griffin Rhodes, currently in solitary confinement in a maximum security federal
prison for alleged terrorist acts, including the attempted theft of WRX3883 from
the lab where he worked. Rhodes has no idea why he has been arrested, but when
Hilliard offers to free him in exchange for his help combating the virus, he
reluctantly agrees to do what he can to support the government that has
imprisoned him without apparent cause.

Meanwhile, every single person in line for presidential succession is trapped
inside the Capitol--every person except one: the Director of Homeland Security,
who is safely at home in Minnesota, having been selected as the "Designated
Survivor' for this event. With enemies both named and unnamed closing in, and
the security of the nation at stake, Griff must unravel the mysteries of WRX3883
without violating his pledge as a scientist to use no animal testing in his
experiments...and time is running out.

Tense, thrilling, and entirely plausible, A Heartbeat Away will make you
reflect, wonder, and be truly afraid.

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