Viral - Soho Crime Author:James Lilliefors "Viral is a world-class thriller." -Vince Flynn — Two brothers race to stop a political mastermind's massive bioterrorist plot in this terrifying espionage thriller. — In remote pockets of the Third World, a deadly virus is quietly sweeping through impoverished farming villages and shanty towns with frightening speed and potency. Meanwhile, in Was... more »hington, a three-word message left in a safe-deposit box may be the key to stopping the crisis?if, that is, Charles Mallory, a private intelligence contractor and former CIA operative, can decipher the puzzle before time runs out.
What Mallory begins to discover are the traces of a secret war, with a bold objective?to create a new, technologically advanced society. With the help of his brother Jon, an investigative reporter, can he break the story to the world before it is too late?before a planned ?humane depopulation? takes place?
As the stakes and strategies of this secret war become more evident, the Mallory brothers find themselves in a complex game of wits with an enemy they can?t see: a new sort of superpower led by a brilliant, elusive tactician who believes that ends justify means.