Poison Pill

"When the treatment is worse than the disease, its maker better pay for all the lives destroyed."

Dr. Mark Lin hates greedy drug companies, along with herbal supplements that cansometimes do more harm than good. Two medical mysteries force him to confrontboth.

First, a young man, only in his twenties, suffers from debilitating kidney failure. Theonly clue is his use of a mysterious herbal product for weight loss. Meanwhile,a patient has trouble breathing for unclear reasons, though Mark worries about theanti-obesity drug he started taking. Things truly get nightmarish when one ofthose pills strikes with lethal force, compelling Mark to take action.

Mark now finds himself navigating a web of deceit within the shadows of two rivalindustries: herbaceutical and pharmaceutical. He will uncover secrets abouttheir so-called miracle cures, confront a company spokesman, and face a pair ofaggressive salespeople. But once he puts everything on the line and discoversthe true conspiracy, his only mission is to prevent catastrophic death, notjust for the public but also himself.

Poison Pill is Anthony Lee's medical thriller tackling dual methods of healing and theshady practices that do real harm to everyday people.