Blue Magic, the latest designer drug linked to a rash of overdoses, might explain the needle mark on the arm of a young woman found dead in her Kansas City apartment. But when star reporter Rich Azadian digs deeper, the clues point to a far more explosive story: MaryLee Stock was a special protege of evangelical megapastor and power broker Cobalt Becker, who is poised to deliver his followers and the presidency to a firebrand right-wing senator in the next election.

"An intricately plotted and fast-paced thriller from a medical expert who knows the territory." —Kirkus Reviews "A smart, humane thriller about a scientist’s efforts to stop a global pandemic...The Vaccine gets under the skin." —Booklife Five years into a deadly menglavirus pandemic, Dr. Harrison Boyd has accomplished what no one else has been able—he has developed a vaccine for history’s most lethal virus. But a powerful US senator—Scott Spaulding—is intent on keeping the vaccine from the public for his own nefarious purposes. Harrison must race against time to eradicate the ...

Once thought to be pure academic legend, scientists recently found proof of the existence of viruses thousands of times larger than ordinary viruses. So far all have been innocuous, but what if one was a human pathogen? While drilling for oil in the desolate reaches of the Arctic, an unsuspecting company extracts a permafrost ice core that has been frozen for 30,000 years, accidentally releasing a "megavirus".

The Cryspora Event is a pulse-pounding thriller that explores the thin line between scientific ambition and unforeseen consequences. This gripping tale of survival, sacrifice, and redemption is not just a story; it's an alarming warning that will resonate long after the final page is turned. Sonny Evans is a last-minute addition to a research expedition bound for Antarctica. Its mission is to locate the world’s oldest ice and expose the secrets hidden within. Despite some early setbacks, the research team perseveres and achieves its historic goal. However, triumph quickly turns to terror ...

The RATS were the first sign. If only they would listen. Maggie De Luca recently relocated to New York. Working as a medical detective in her new position, she is called in to investigate a mysterious death. The red rings on the lungs were alarming enough, but then she hears the word plague. Now, the clock is ticking. And the death count is rising. Maggie tries to trace the origin of the disease, but is always one step behind. Then she starts seeing things...the victims...reaching out from the grave. But ghosts aren’t real, right? Meanwhile... Microbiologist Michael Harbinger believes he ...