![]() Was the attack on Devon and the institute really the work of extremist activists or is something far more sinister going on?Encountering excessive security measures enforced by unknown authorities, Dunbar realizes that those who might hold the keys to the mystery are not prepared to help him, and those who have unleashed it will stop at nothing to fulfill their apocalyptic ambitions.Īlone in a race against unspeakable tragedy, the ex-Special Forces medic must imagine the unthinkable-and all he knows is that, when the storm breaks, it’ll already be too late… Read Moreĭr Steven Dunbar, ex Special Forces medic and chief investigator with the Sci-Med Inspectorate, comes across apparent interference with front-line medical research in the UK. A few of the dead scientists’ research animals have also gone missing and top level authorities are strangely obsessed with hunting down and killing the purportedly harmless animals. ![]() Steven Dunbar, working for the Sci-Med Inspectorate, an elite government agency, is sent to investigate. That is until they discover one of the institute’s eminent scientists, Tim Devon, brutally murdered.Dr. ”When a top research institute is broken into and vandalized, the police believe that it is animal rights activists taking things a step too far. ![]() Not for the first time in his life real fear was coming to call and this time there could be only one outcome he was going to die a painful death. “Steven was aware that his breathing had become rapid and shallow and that cold sweat was forming on his brow. ![]()
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