Coontz and his collaborator have turned out another thriller in the Deep Black series. With the help of narrator J. Charles, it doesn't get much better than this. NSA operative Charlie Dean is called out when his longtime friend Dr. James Kegan, a noted biologist, disappears and a corpse is found in his home. Dean and his romantic interest, Lia, search for the missing scientist and soon encounter terrorists who threaten world annihilation by virus. Charles has a unique voice coupled with a gifted delivery. He handles this story so well you soon forget it's actually pretty mediocre. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine--
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Dr. James Kegan, a world-renowned scientist specializing in germ warfare, has vanished from his upstate New York home. But this is no ordinary missing-persons case. Kegan has left behind an unidentified dead man with a .22 caliber hole in his skull - and a contact trail that leads to an alleged terrorist cell.
Unraveling the mystery is a job for Kegan’s best friend, NSA operative Charlie Dean. His mission is to infiltrate the scientist’s circle of associates and decipher Kegan’s confidential research. Dispatched to cover Charlie is Delta Force trooper Lia Francesca. The trail leads them to the core of a widespread killer fever that’s been dormant for centuries - and its link to a virus that’s quickly spreading victim by victim. With time running out Charlie and Lia must find Kegan, uncover his secrets, cut a terrorist threat to the quick, and stop the unimaginable outbreak of a new biological nightmare.
