Capitol Reflections
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
A series of inexplicable and deadly seizures has come to the attention of the FDA’s Dr. Gwen Maulder after her best friend, a New York lawyer, falls victim—along with a number of other young professionals.
Maulder can’t seem to get a hold on the cause of the puzzling deaths, but her investigation is raising alarms in the corporate world and threatening a senator with a chilling secret. Even her superiors are pushing her to back off, despite the mounting death toll. With the help of her ex-Secret Service husband and an intrepid journalist, she’s determined to uncover what sort of ruthless conspiracy may lie at the heart of this threat—even if it means putting her own life on the line . . .
Written by an epidemiologist who has served multiple presidential administrations, this is a frightening, action-packed thriller with “a nice twist at the end” (Publishers Weekly).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fans of The X-Files may enjoy this science-fiction thriller, the debut novel by Dr. Javitt, whose impressive government credentials aren't quite matched by the sophistication of his plot. Chair of President Bush's Health Subcommittee of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee and an epidemiologist, Javitt imagines a recent past-2005-in which the threat of genetically modified food has become a reality. When Marci Newman, a workaholic New York City attorney, dies after a mysterious seizure, Newman's best friend, Gwen Maulder, who's a division chief with the Food and Drug Administration, investigates. Aided by her ex-Secret Service husband, Jack, and her former flame and current Washington Post columnist Mark Stern, Maulder finds that Newman's seizure may be part of an epidemic that may be connected with coffee-seller Pequod's, the new mega-company that has overtaken Starbuck's. The bad guys are led by Hawaiian senator Henry Broome, whose past includes several murders and the theft of some genetics research from his Princeton roommate. The writing and pacing are adequate, and Javitt throws in a nice twist at the end, but the action sequences tend to overwhelm the science.
