People put their lives in doctors' hands every day — but in no other situation is this so literally true as the moment the anesthesiologist looks casually down at you and says, "You'll be going off to sleep now . . ."

What if the eyes that gaze down at you in that moment of trust and surrender belong to a madman? What if, as you feel yourself slipping away, you see something in those eyes so rank, so terrifying you want to leap off the table and scream?

But by then, of course, it's too late.

A novel of terror and medical suspense from the author of The Cartoonist and Here After.

Pray you never meet the Sandman!