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April 2019
On Sale: March 26, 2019
480 pages ISBN: 1250107431 EAN: 9781250107435 Kindle: B075WXXFRD Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Thriller
The President’s teenaged son is threatened by a
potentially fatal illness that is rooted in dark secrets
from a long-buried past. President Geoffrey Hilliard and his family live in the
ever-present glare of the political limelight, with
relentless scrutiny of their daily lives. The White House is
not an easy place to grow up, so when the President’s son
Cam, a sixteen-year-old chess champion, experiences extreme
fatigue, moodiness, and an uncharacteristic violent
outburst, doctors are quick to dismiss his troubles as teen
angst. But Secret Service agent Karen Ray, whose job is to
guard the president's family with her life, is convinced
Cam’s issues are serious – serious enough to summon her
physician ex-husband for a second opinion. Dr. Lee Blackwood’s concerns are dismissed by the
president's team – until Cam gets sicker. Lee must make a
diagnosis from a puzzling array of symptoms he's never seen
before. His only clue is a patient named Susie Banks, a
young musical prodigy who seems to be suffering from the
same baffling condition as Cam. Hospitalized after an
attempt on her life by a determined killer, Susie’s jeopardy
escalates as Cam’s condition takes on a terrifying new
dimension. Is someone trying to murder the President’s son? As Lee and Karen race for a cure to Cam’s mysterious and
deadly disease, they begin to uncover betrayals that breach
the highest levels of national security. Returning to the same Washington, DC setting of The First
Patient, which former President Bill Clinton said
“captured the intense atmosphere of the White House,” The
First Family is a riveting new medical drama from
acclaimed novelist Daniel Palmer, in the tradition of his
late father, New York Times bestselling novelist
Michael Palmer.
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