The Only Thing That Counts

Steve was a thirtyish, self-absorbed plant geneticist who felt unfulfilled taking over his father’s plant sales business. When an unusual order from a customer piqued his curiosity, he bumbles his way through some novice detective work, tailing Paul— his new customer—to, what appears to be, an abandoned factory.
Things became sinister when a frantic email tells of rebellion and tragedy and leaves Steve with some difficult decisions. Snapping into action, he obeys the bizarre instructions. The path leads to a futuristic underground base where he discovers the shocking death toll caused by a virulent biological agent. Wearing borrowed protective gear Steve is overwhelmed by the carnage he sees as he explores the strange subterranean facility.
An encounter with a lone survivor, Malcolm, provides a source of inside information and the means for a narrow escape.
Destruction of evidence, bureaucratic intrusion, a fatal explosion and a female reporter all join to complicate a nefarious scheme.
Details come together for Steve as he plans to revisit the underground base to retrieve some evidence. His incursion involves a dive through the underwater entry. Inside he is stunned by what he discovers. Is it treachery?
The conflict without and within Steve lead to self-examination and a realignment of priorities with reference to perspectives of life recorded by his father in a well worn Bible.
Avoiding detection is a constant challenge and Steve is about to learn how the reporter, Kelly, is involved in the whole plot when he is knocked unconscious.
Deemed useful to the plotters, four prisoners are then transported to a secret Pacific base where they are transported to the lunar surface.
The amazing thrill of the launch soon disappeared as Steve puts his life on the line to try and locate the virus storage. All too quickly they are set to work in a domed lunar settlement. What happens next illustrates clearly what ordinary people might do when driven by desperation.
Jodi and Kelly end up preventing Steve’s untimely demise after a calamitous return to the lunar surface.