Embryo

In Mexico...the charred remains of a medical clinic hold a clue to an experiment that can change the world.
In Los Angeles...a famous model, desperate to have a baby of her own, sends a detective to track down a legend...and a doctor missing for twenty years
In Biloxi, Mississippi...a little boy plays with matches and smiles
In a secret location...the radical procedure begins, leading to a scientific miracle... or the beginning of a nightmare

What does the next step in hi-tech reproduction hold for humankind? In a tale as real as tomorrow's headlines, a rich, successful woman takes a desperate gamble to have a child. A young lawyer discovers a fatal flaw in an unethical experiment. And a new life begins--a life that could signal a revolution in modern medicine...Or the end of us all.