Amongst the mixed reviews this book received was this, which is how I felt about, which is why I gave it 5 stars when I reviewed it.
“Dr. Norene Moskalski has come up with a nifty premise for a series. Her protagonists are a married couple, Kate and Jake Connors. The two doctors are research professors at Atlantic University’s Institute for Public Policy and Safety, which is dedicated to peacefully resolving international conflicts caused by climate change. They also serve as covert agents for a privately-funded, scientific subdivision of the Institute known only as the Agency. To heighten the tension in this premier book, “Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam,” agents are forbidden to tell even their spouses about the undercover work they do.
“Nocturne” is a fast-moving medical eco-thriller that would make terrific beach reading if it weren’t for the subject matter. A normally passive, water-borne organism has gone rogue, attacking and killing beach-goers in the Mid-Atlantic States and coastal Europe. It’s up to Kate and Jake to find the cure for Bacillus nocturne, track down the rogue scientist who genetically modified the bacterium, and find out why deaths are occurring only among young adults in their twenties and thirties–before nocturne spreads and contaminates the world’s water supply[…]
Overall, “Nocturne, Opus One: Sea Foam” is an engrossing read, a thriller with substance.”
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Yep, count me in. I’m a fan of stories like this where realistic characters are dealing with realistic life situations while also wrestling with how to remain true to their Christian convictions while they live and work in a sometimes-unsavoury world.
Engineering a virus as a biological weapon is (obviously) a dreadful thing to do. But a book that tells such a story can be written with clean language, clever research, and a compelling plot line.
Here’s a fast-paced international thriller. It’s the first in a series and we meet Titus Ray, who is a veteran CIA officer on the run from the secret police of Iran.
I’d forgotten about this one until finding it again just now, but I read it back in 2014 and loved it. Clean language, with awesome content written by a professional cybersecurity expert who has presented in Washington to the FBI and CIA, warning of the impending danger of possible cyberattacks.
Her dream honeymoon in Australia took a nasty turn when death came calling on the same lonely country road where her father had been killed 2 years earlier.
I’m always glad when I see a free ebook. Might be my slightly-Scottish upbringing, who knows? Sorry about that, but to this day the bagpipes stir something nostalgic in me.