No one has ever returned from Mars.

The Mars colony’s Safety Officer investigates a bizarre death and uncovers a high-level conspiracy that may explain how an apparently Martian organism has contaminated Earth.

Travel to and from the colony, a private venture mounted by an Arab consortium, has been embargoed since the Martian Fungus began to decimate Earth’s oceans.  This ecological disaster caused famine and triggered political upheavals Earthside including the reemergence of a pan-Islamic caliphate.  The colony, sixty percent Muslim, has become a sultanate governed by sharia law. Eric, an American statistician, must quietly and quickly identify the killer, piece together the conspiracy, save his own skin, and protect the victim’s orphaned child who may hold the key to controlling the Martian Fungus on Earth.

2013

Short story: 14,500 words.

Coming to Kindle - June 2013.

A plague of self-replicating nanomachines spreads across the seas.  The oceans are dying.  The microscopic machine’s startling complexity has scientists stumped.  Identifying the perpetrator has investigators baffled.  No terrorist claims revenge.  No hacker claims credit.  No extortionist makes demands.  No lab admits their mistake.

Famine is spreading and social orders is crumbling. 

An ex-military DHS agent, eager to redeem himself after a bungled assignment, is tasked to follow leads on a missing nanotech engineer.  The closer he gets to his quarry, the more personally involved he becomes.  He begins to question whether he is on the right side.

2013

Novel: 125,000 words.

Coming to Kindle - June 2013.

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