To Senior Medical Examiner Dr. Beckett Campbell, the Hippocratic Oath has always been more of a suggestion than a guiding principle...Beckett is no ordinary forensic pathologist, which is why he's not surprised when a container with expertly removed organs arrives on his desk. What is alarming, however, is the note that accompanies it... the note that suggests this is only the beginning, that more are on their way. And then there's the hidden message. The one that reveals Beckett's darkest secret, the thing that sets him apart from all others.He can't go to the police, his colleagues, or even his closest friends for help. It's up to Beckett alone to figure out where the organs came from before more people die. In the process, he finds himself locked in a sadistic cat-and-mouse game with a brutal killer that has him reevaluating his own unique moral code. And when Beckett finally discovers the shocking truth about the organs' origins, he finds himself asking this question: with more than 100,000 people waiting for an organ in the US and less than 15,000 donors, who deserves to live and who deserves to die?And does Beckett have the right to choose?