The First Patient

New York: St Martins Press. Very Good. 2009. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover corner creases, some shelf and edge wear, slightly slanted spine, heavy foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of St. Martins mass market edition with full number line, January 2009. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design and imagery uncredited. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 512 pages; Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard were once roommates at the Annapolis Naval Academy. Now, Gabe is a simple country doctor and his friend Andrew has gone from war hero to state governor to President of the United States. It still comes as a surprise when, during the midst of a re-election campaign, Marine One lands at Gabe's Wyoming ranch, and President Stoddard announces that his personal physician has disappeared and he need Gabe to take his place. Once in the medical office at the White House, Gabe realises that the President is not fit for office. What's worse is that the reasonfor his friends mental illness not due to natural causes. Who could have administered the blow? And why? With the President's life and the the safety ofd the world at stake, it's up to Gabe to find answers - and quickly... .