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Review "[A] first-rate thriller.  .  .  Hall is at his electrifying best."--People"The kind of book you couldn't put down if you tried!"--The Washington Times"James Hall is a master of suspense." --The New York Times"You'll flip pages nervously, scanning ahead quickly .  .  .  As always, reading Hall is a pleasure.  Especially when you don't know who will be left standing at the end."--The Miami HeraldFrom the Paperback edition. Product Description A dozen dolphins in a Key Largo research center have been tortured and killed. When an outraged Thorn investigates the crime, he is beaten so brutally that he becomes paralyzed from the waist down. After checking himself into a state-of-the-art pain clinic run by a childhood friend, Thorn uncovers some horrific experiments being performed on handicapped Army veterans which are somehow linked to the disappearance of a female DEA agent. As Thorn finds out that his paralysis is no accident, he also finds himself the unwitting subject of a brutal experiment, in which someone will go to any length to cure his own twisted pain.In the bestselling tradition of classic crime writers like Elmore Leonard, James W. Hall writes engrossing, intelligent thrillers which time and again wow listeners and critics alike. From Library Journal Thorn, last spotted in the best-selling Buzz Cut (LJ 5/15/96), must come to grips with his own paralysis?the result of a savage beating?while holed up in a pain clinic run by a mad scientist.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. From the Inside Flap hins in a Key Largo research center have been tortured and killed. When an outraged Thorn investigates the crime, he is beaten so brutally that he becomes paralyzed from the waist down. After checking himself into a state-of-the-art pain clinic run by a childhood friend, Thorn uncovers some horrific experiments being performed on handicapped Army veterans which are somehow linked to the disappearance of a female DEA