The Alchemist

A modern-day Alchemist is hired to create a powerful mind-shifting aphrodisiac… and then finds himself hunted by DEA agents and drug lords who will stop at nothing to protect their multi-billion dollar empires…


"Goddard writes circles around many others in his field…"

-Dorothy Uhnak, author of THE RYER AVENUE STORY



A former deputy sheriff, police forensic scientist and crime lab director, Ken Goddard is currently the director of the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory.  His other novels include Balefire, Prey, Wildfire, Cheater, Double Blind, First Evidence, Outer Perimeter, and Final Disposition. Ken and his wife live in Ashland, Oregon.