Surgeon Eli Branch seems destined for academic stardom. After years of research, Eli is on the cusp of a discovery that could light the way for the future. But, today’s medicine has a dark side. After the suspicious death of one of his patients, Eli’s once fast-track career derails in spectacular fashion. As he searches for answers, he finds more and more victims – each meeting a sudden, violent end. For Eli, this shocking world of deadly medicine is way too close to home. In this life-or-death race against time, one false step could be fatal.

"While recovering from a career-threatening injury, surgeon Eli Branch is pulled into the turbulent world of Dr. Liza French, a colleague he hasn't seen in ten years. Liza uses their past to lure Eli into a highly-publicized debacle in a Memphis hospital that has put her own career in jeopardy. But when the murder of medical personnel at Gates Memorial appears related to Liza's surgical complication, Eli finds that more lives are at imminent risk. Eli discovers clues from the victims that match anatomical art found at the crime scenes, a connection that leads him to the manuscript of a sixteenth century anatomist whose methods of dissection are over four centuries old, but are being reenacted in the present. Aided by the expertise of forensic pathologist Dr. Meg Daily, Eli uncovers a pattern to the escalating deaths and the search begins for a killer the media and the city come to know as The Organist"