Blood Born

"When a rapist stalks the nation's capital, Detective Christina Randall tries to keep an astounding clue from going public: all the victims become pregnant. The latest victim is teenager Daniella Connolly. Her mother, Margaret, is a doctor at CalPark Fertility Clinic. But Margaret can't fathom the bizarre conceptions, either. Isolated in a special hospital ward, they all come to term in just one week. Randall learns the rapes are connected to a series of missing-person cases. When a young woman disappears near CalPark-- also home to a secretive research lab-- suspicion falls on Margaret. But soon, the rapist returns to claim his progeny. He is not really a he-- but an 'it.' Worse, the children have appetites just like papa's"--P. [4] of cover.