The Touch
by F. Paul Wilson

Description:
Book two of the Adversary Cycle.

Suddenly, he could work miracles.

After a dozen years of practicing medicine as a family physician, Dr. Alan Bulmer discovers one day that he can cure any illness with the mere touch of his hand. At first his scientific nature refuses to accept what is happening to him; he searches for a rational explanation. But there is none to be found. And so Alan gives himself over to the mysterious power, reveling in the ability for one hour each day to cure the incurable, to give hope to the hopeless.

But there is a price to be paid. . . and a balance to be struck.

Although he has tried to hide his power, word inevitably leaks out, and soon Alan's life begins to unravel. His marriage and his practice crumble. One by one, his family, his fellow physicians, even the press turn on him.

Only rich, beautiful, enigmatic Sylvia Nash stands by him. And with her, Ba, her Vietnamese gardener, who once witnessed a power such as Dr. Bulmer's in his homeland, where it is called Dat-tay-vao. He has heard tales of the price extracted by the Dat-tay-vao.

But he has only begun to pay.