Böcker av Bill Schutt

The authors of Hells Gate and The Himalayan Codex deliver their third high-octane thrillera page-turning blend of science, history, and suspense featuring zoologist and adventurer Captain R. J. MacCready.Looks like Schutt and Finch are filling the void left by the passing of Michael Crichton.James Cameron, director/writer/explorerThough the fighting has stopped and Hitler is vanquished, a dangerous new war between America and the Soviet Union has begun. Invaluable in defeating the Nazis, accidental crypto-zoologist R. J. MacCready and Yanni Thorne, an indigenous Brazilian and expert in animal behavior, are working for the Pentagon once again. Sent to a mysterious Greek island in a remote corner of the Mediterranean, they are investigating rumors about a volcanic spring with miraculous healing properties that the locals say is guarded by sea monsters from ancient legends.The islanders believe that, like Fatima, the spring is a gift from God. To the Greek Orthodox Church, it is a sign of a deadly evil foretold in apocalyptic texts. Alongside French and Chinese researchersmen who share their strange, blood-stained pastMac and Yanni discover that the volcanic springs undersea plumes release an exotic microbe that can transform life with astonishing speed. To find the source of the Volcanic spring, Mac and Yanni must find a way to neutralize the Dragons of Revelationa fearsome aquatic species also known as Kraken, which are preventing the scientists from exploring deep beneath the seas surface. Mutating at an astonishing pace, the Kraken have evolved into a chillingly high alien intelligence. As the race to possess the miracle microbe heats up, tensions between geopolitics, religion, and ordinary scientists confronted with the unknown escalate into chaos. Mac and Yanni know all too well that one wrong choice can easily set in motion a biological chain reaction that will reach across the decades to enhanceor destroyeverything that lives.

It is 1946, and the world is rebuilding itself from the war's devastating ashes. R. J. MacCready is headed for the Himalayas to examine some recently discovered mammoth bones?a mission that may help him put the loss of his friend and colleague Bob Thorne behind him.Arriving in Asia with the bright and fearless Yanni Thorne, Bob's widow and now his invaluable assistant, Mac learns the bones are only a cover story. He's actually been sent there to investigate an ancient codex allegedly written by Pliny the Elder, a fascinating text filled with revelatory secrets. The Roman naturalist claimed to have discovered a new race of humans, a divergent species that inspired the myths of the Yeti and is rumored to have the ability to accelerate the process of evolution. If Pliny's assertions are true, this seemingly supernatural ability holds unlimited potential to shape?or end?the future of human civilization. Charged with uncovering more about this miracle species, Mac sets off into the remote valleys of Tibet, into a region known to locals as the Labyrinth. As he and his associates plunge deeper into the unknown, it becomes more and more uncertain that any of them will survive Mac's odyssey.