Adrenaline [Paperback]

Olson strikes out on his own with Adrenaline, following his extremely successful collaborations with Randall Ingermanson in the sf thriller Oxygen (2002) and its sequel, The Fifth Man (2003). James Parker, a researcher bound to his wheelchair by muscular dystrophy, seeks a wonder drug to reverse the disease. When his sister, also afflicted with MS, nears death, he breaks an ethical barrier and injects the drug into himself, producing a Jekyll-and-Hyde effect. But wait: the dire results of self-experimentation may have an even more ominous explanation. Adrenaline lives up to its title by pumping out suspense, at times almost to the point of self-parody, but there are ideas here and good atmosphere on the oily streets of Oakland, where "glass-head" gangs creep like criminal automatons. John Mort
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From the Christy-Award Winning Author of Oxygen Will His Discovery Bring Healing or Terror?

Time is running out.... James Parker is waging a frantic search for a cure. Though he is a brilliant biochemistry student with a promising career ahead, a crippling disease has seemingly stolen his future. Now, desperation threatens to carry him beyond the limits of medical ethics.

A phantom is terrorizing the campus....

The menace that haunts Darcy Williams’ dreams is threatening her friends and community, too. Can she muster the courage to confront her nemesis before further attacks?

How will they be able to expose the source of deadly evil?

John B. Olson has a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has co-written Oxygen, which won a Christy award. He was named the most promising writer at a recent Mt. Hermon Writer's Conference and lives in California.