In the arena of life and death the world''s most brilliant doctors and scientists vie desperately - and ruthlessly - for the ultimate prize: the Nobel. Adam Coopersmith is a gifted and compassionate physician. Trapped in an unhappy marriage he meets Anya a Russian émigrée and falls in love for the first time - only to have his career nearly destroyed. Sandy Raven is a cutting-edge researcher whose devotion is matched only by his genius. Yet as he makes his greatest discovery he experiences his most profound betrayal. Will he choose to live a lie or abandon his dream to seek new more worldly prizes? Isabel da Costa. A child prodigy she owes all her success to her father but though she becomes a brilliant physicist she can''t capture her lost childhood. Ultimately she is torn between her father and the young man who holds the key to her happiness until a shocking revelation explodes her world. . Language: English