Steve at last is offered a top job in the new merged company, which soon will become the biggest pharmaceutical corporation in the world, but hours later his new boss is dead. It could be an accident but suspicions are raised by the odd behavior of the CEO and his Security Head.

Meanwhile the final trials on the West Coast of a potential blockbuster cancer drug hit a snag, threatening the merger itself.

Steve is drawn into the investigation which uncovers links both to organized drug crime and his own family, and he turns to Heather, his close friend and colleague, for personal support.

The merger will create the world's largest pharmaceutical company, but it depends on the progress in clinical trials of a potential blockbuster anti-cancer drug. Behind the scenes a powerful syndicate attempts to manipulate events for personal gain.

Individuals get caught up in the relentless process. Relationships crack, while others strengthen. The least fortunate pay with their lives.

First published in 1985, this book reconsiders the whole question of urbanisation and planning in the Third World. It argues that public involvement, which is now an accepted part of Western planning, should be used more in Third World cities. It shows that many inhabitants of Third World cities are migrants from rural areas and have very definite ideas about what the function of the city should be and what it ought to offer; and it goes on to argue that therefore a planning process which involves more public participation would better serve local needs and would do much more to solve...

Geographies of Development: an Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and concise text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to time and from place to place.

Geographies of Development: an Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and concise text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to time and from place to place.