WINNER OF THE 2015 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR MEDICAL THRILLERS LA screen writer Steven Ramirez called The Laptev Virus “A worthy successor to the Andromeda Strain.” If you like Michael Crichton books, this award-winning hard sci-fi medical thriller is for you. The Laptev Virus begins as an oil company, drilling in the Arctic, accidentally discovers a megavirus, frozen in the permafrost. It is 30,000 years old. And it is a human pathogen. Just how would a team of scientists go about studying it? And what if the mice models they were using inadvertently became contaminated, leading the researchers to dubious conclusions? Now, imagine if the CEO of the oil company sponsoring the research put pressure on the lab to issue a certification that the coast was clear and they could return to drilling—but it turns out that he is dead wrong? More than 5,300 copies of The Laptev Virus have sold in the first year since its release. Here’s your chance to see why readers just can’t put it down! Attention book clubs—I am available to “attend” your discussion of The Laptev Virus to answer questions via Skype or phone!