IN HYBRID, a sequel to BLUE FIRE, R.J. Mikelionis M.D. offers a riveting and even surpassing tale, in his unique, spare, hard-hitting style. Dr. J. Cameron returns from his Blue Fire journeys to the Medical Wards, a superb clinician now adding research to his hectic schedule. Enormous implications of the research for patient care and longevity collide with cold, bureaucratic politico-economic realities, threatening to destroy him. In one of many parallel battles, Max-Cameron's buddy and Intern-becomes embroiled in a war reminiscent of the backstreets he'd left behind, in a quest to free his girlfriend from the mob. The odds are stacked against the doctors, their friends, patients. But in times of need, their ordinary lives accept extraordinary choices. Their lives lock into wars between life and death, and quests for the just vs. the shadow dragons of evil.