A man has been treated by a doctor-friend for some time after a serious accident. He has been on one drug after another, none of which seem to afford him much relief until he is injected by a strange doctor. Rather interesting things begin to happen to him and his two medical friends.
The Gathering is continued in a second volume, Book II. (2) Part of the Hartstein universe
John Franck, 41, a sex addict, thus far has hidden it from his wife, but his shrink encourages him to make a recording of some of his conquests and Argie, his wife happens on it. What happens after this is the main story of the gathering in Houston.
Max hasn't noticed much since his wife Abigail was murdered. When he comes to the aid of one of Abigail's former students, he finds that the whole town has changed in ways he wouldn't have believed if he didn't see them himself. (Some tags left off to preserve suspence.)