In this gripping tale, Paul Goldstein, author of <i>Errors and Omissions, </i>proves himself a master of the legal thriller.<br><br>Tough but wounded, intellectual property litigator Michael Seeley has set up shop in his native Buffalo after being forced from his high-powered Manhattan firm. Business is slow until one day Seeley's estranged brother asks him to represent his small pharmaceutical company in a suit against a giant Swiss biotech firm over a groundbreaking AIDS vaccine. But before long he will realize there is much more at stake than he imagined—as certain partnerships come to light, and financial gains become clear, Seeley's own life may be in grave danger.