As a teenager, Abby DiMatteo watched helplessly as her ten-year-old brother Pete died in a coma. She vowed that one day she would make it up to him by becoming a surgeon and saving other lives. Now she's a surgical resident at Bayside Hospital, and her dream is about to come true.
When Dr Bill Archer invites her to join his elite heart transplant team at Bayside, it seems that all the years of hard work and self-sacrifice have paid off. The Bayside team has a reputation for performing miracles, and for Abby there could be no better place to fulfil her childhood vow.
But miracles always have their price. And Abby is about to discover just how far Dr Archer is prepared to go to maintain his remarkable record of success . . .