AN INTENSE AND PROVOCATIVE NOVEL ABOUT AN UNKEPT PROMISE AND LOVE SO STRONG THAT LIFE AND DEATH UNITE. Harold Spencer's research at a prestigious Scottish university is within reach of a long-sought cure for genetic disease. His only worry is resisting his wife Shelly's desire for children; not until his research is completed, he says, promising they will not wait too long. He wanted no chance of their child dying like his dad and brother...