by F. Paul Wilson
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, F. Paul (Francis Paul)
The fifth harmonic : a novel / F. Paul Wilson.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57174-386-3 (alk. paper)
1. Throat--Cancer--Patients--Fiction. 2. Physicians--Fiction. I. Title.
PS3573.I45695F54 2003
813'.54--dc22
2003014796
ISBN 1-57174-386-3
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed on acid-free paper in the United States