In Seeds of Destruction, book 2 of the Saga of Martin McKinley, Martin is an intern juggling his duties around research projects striving to build an impressive career. Disillusioned of passion, he isolates himself from social activities. Unwittingly he gets tangled in a malicious web of trickery with one of the gullible candy-stripe helpers. At the same time he is beguiled by one of the nurses. Trapped between desire and resentment he first tries to suppress his lust by shunning her. He tries to fix everything, and insure his career will be safe, but his life becomes even more complicated when one of his wealthy patients and granddaughter intrude into his life. Greed for money and a passion he won't acknowledge cause him to make a number of decisions which could potentially destroy him. The arrogance he learned to use for survival is well embedded by now and comes naturally. He feels threatened and trapped, and is torn between greed and hot-blooded lust. He must choose one. The Saga of Martin McKinley, books 1-3, form a novel about passion and rage, greed and control, courage and despair. It is a story about hearts that are deceived or broken and felt bleeding till there is no more blood. It's about hearts that are bled white.