A novella for the times....

WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO TRACK DOWN THE VERY FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 BEFORE THE UNTHINKABLE OCCURS?

"Another Wil Mara sensation! This medical thriller is a fascinating tale right in tune with the pandemic that dominates our lives. A page-turner that will take you through a series of twists and turns and have you guessing right up to the last moment."

--Dr. Marty Hewlett, Virologist, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona

After a long run of successful crusades to resolve the most tantalizing mysteries of our age--everything from the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and the assassination of JFK to the death of Princess Diana--billionaire sleuth Jason Hammond has been lying low at his New Hampshire estate. But now, in the midst of the deadliest pandemic in over a century, the US government has arrived on Jason's doorstep seeking the kind of help that only he can provide.

They're hoping to mobilize his unmatched investigative skills, the considerable resources of his vast empire, and, most of all, his untarnished goodwill in the eyes of the public, to answer what is now the most pressing question on the planet--what is the true origin of Covid-19, aka the 'coronavirus'? Was it really a mutated product of nature, as some insist, or the creation of unhinged minds looking to plunge humanity into a nightmarish era of bioengineered conflict?

Tensions between the giants of the global stage are rising fast, with nearly every human life at risk. Can Jason really find the key to ratcheting down this unprecedented degree of geopolitical hostility before the missiles start flying?