David Wolfson, a Jerusalem scientist, claims to have found the cure for cancer, and Richard Lunz, a Tel Aviv attorney, can't resist the temptation to be a part of what looks like the discovery of the century.
And then healthy people die a strange death.
When David's wife, Tamara, disappears and a woman looking like her twin sister turns up in Paris claiming to be the long-lost daughter of a French billionaire, Richard finds himself in a race that has the future of humankind as its prize.
"Oh, we are patient, Richard. You can't even imagine how patient we are," she added with a smug smile. It was the first time I had seen her smile in that way. A shiver ran down my spine. Tamara kept smiling at me.
