A District General Hospital in South Wales is caught in the nightmare world of international terrorism. Drawing once more on his inside knowledge of medicine and hospital life, surgeon Jonathan Havard has written a novel of enthralling realism and dramatic power. When young Hannah, dangerously ill, is admitted to the Dialysis Unit at Avonport's new showpiece hospital, St David's, she becomes consultant surgeon Rhys Wyn Owen's most important case. Years ago, as a young registrar, Owen accidentally brought about the death of Helen, the woman he loved. Since then, guilt has destroyed all pleasure in his professional success and reduced his marriage to a loveless sham. While his elegant wife, Alex, has tuned to a more dominant man for satisfaction, Owen has taken comfort from the welcoming warmth of Staff Nurse Nansi Rees. With the arrival of Hannah, wary and vulnerable in her illness and bearing a striking resemblance to Helen, Owen sees a chance at last for atonement. But events overtake him, the staff and the patients of St David's, as the hospital is overrun by Arab terrorists in a ruthlessly executed hijack. Centre stage in a drama that rivets the attention of the world, Owen faces his cruelest test as a surgeon, and as a man. The Stockholm Syndrome is as vivid, exciting, and topical as today's headlines - a drama ot hospital life, compelling in its wealth of detail, set against the turbulent background of world politics.
