A prominent Chicago law firm is asked to investigate the murder of a rich and powerful client. The murder, complete with grisly photos, had become an Internet and YouTube sensation. The killer was obvious—and now dead. But the victim's widow doesn't buy the official version and wants to punish the people she believes are really guilty. Her only stipulation: New York private investigator Jake Scarne must take the case. Scarne is reluctant to get involved – and then he finds out who the widow is! He travels thousands of miles searching for the truth against a backdrop of strange and deadly incidents around the globe. What starts out as the hunt for a killer soon turns into a race against time to stop a vast conspiracy that threatens the health of millions of people. Cold War echoes, professional assassins, deranged scientists, deadly plagues, perplexed and frightened health officials, Government spies – the Viron Conspiracy has them all! But at the core of this wide-ranging thriller is one man’s desire to come to terms with a lost love.