David Reel, Washington, D.C. plastic surgeon and researcher, is about to make medical history. After two successful trial surgeries, his new creation, a second generation lab-grown skin, promises to be a miracle for burn victims. But beneath the fanfare, David is an emotionally tortured soul, haunted by the deaths of his mother and best friend in a horrific fire years before. Now, while managing his legitimate surgical practice, David is pursuing a more ungodly quest deep in the confines of his lab. That, however, is just the beginning of the nightmare, when he discovers that an unrelenting psychopath is out to destroy him. With his patients doomed and David on the verge of a breakdown, he has one final surprise for the medical community. Something so bizarre, so horrifying, not even his nemesis could have imagined it. And it will push David Reel to the brink of insanity and beyond . . .