An accomplished geneticist, known for trailblazing work with a gene editing technology known as CRISPR, is found dead at his desk in his South Florida home by apparent suicide. His jugular vein punctured with a foot-long T-rex claw. However, the claw is not a fossilized one. A simple note signed by the scientist reads, “I’m sorry.” A team of researchers and park rangers is hastily and quietly assembled to find out what it is he’s apologized for, suspecting he has unleashed a genetically altered animal atrocity into the wild. Unsure of exactly what to look for, the expedition sets out into the Everglades in a desperate search of what they fear might be a living predator not seen on Earth for millions of years. What they find is even worse—The entire Everglades has been transformed into an illicit breeding ground for the living, breathing results of unauthorized genetic tampering with extinct predators. Will the harried band of park rangers and scientists be able to contain the most outlandish bio-threat the world has ever seen? Or will the terrifying genetic EDITs made by the rogue scientist prove too ferocious to contain?
Author
Author of over 30 novels, Rick Chesler holds a Bachelor of Science in marine biology and can often be found diving, boating or traveling to research his next thriller idea. A former contractor for the U.S. Deptartment of Commerce and the State of Hawaii, he now lives in South Florida with his family, at the edge of the Bermuda Triangle. Visit him online at twitter.com/rickchesler, facebook.com/rickchesler, or rickchesler.com. SERIES: ATLANTIS GOLD: An Omega Files Adventure (Book 1) ARK FOUND: An Omega Files Adventure (Book 2) GOLDEN ONE An Omega Files Adventue (Book 3) JURASSIC DEAD (co-authored): Jurassic Dead Jurassic Dead 2: Z-Volution Jurassic Dead 3: Ctrl-Z OUTCAST Ops: Game of Drones (co-authored) The Poseidon Initiative African Firestorm (co-authored) Red Ice (co-authored) Watchlist (co-authored) Shadow Gov (co-authored) TARA SHORES THRILLERS Wired Kingdom kiDNApped Solar Island DANE MADDOCK ORIGINS (co-authored) Splashdown Electra Amber Treasure of the Dead Dane Maddock: The Tomb OGMIOS TEAM ORIGINS (co-authored) Lucifer's Machine STANDALONE NOVELS: Edit: A Prehistoric Thriller Manuscript 512 (releasing Fall 2018) Hawaiian Punch (co-authored) Uncontacted DMZ: A Dinosaur Thriller The Tank The Flat: A Novel of Supernatural Horror (co-authored) The Yeti (co-authored) Landing Party Sawfish Luna Hotel Megalodon Blood Harbor: A Novel of Suspense
