[Thomas McAlister 02] • Book of Cures

Have you had the flu yet this year? If not, a small group of pharmaceutical companies is planning to give it to you.

In the second Thomas McAlister mystery, Book of Cures, a band of pharmaceutical companies is on the cusp of starting the most deadly pandemic since the Great Plague of 1918. The syndicate and its heinous leader will profit by selling the world a cure. They’ve created the virus, but the cure was lost centuries ago when a Tibetan healing book disappeared during a Chinese raid. Archeologist Thomas McAlister is close to finding the lost book, and the drug companies know it.

With his friends infected, and framed for the theft of the lethal virus, McAlister must agree to find the book and deliver it to the corrupt companies. McAlister is unaware of a shadowy watcher named The Clone, disguise artist and assassin, and of another mole among his most trusted associates—both waiting to snatch the book the instant it’s unearthed. From New York to Tibet and back again, from the cold boardrooms of Big Pharma to Asian healing clinics deep in the Tibetan bush, Book of Cures is a fast-paced cross between Indiana Jones, The DaVinci Code, and The Fugitive. It delivers a rich dose of history, tradition, culture and science along with a satisfying series of twists, turns and surprises.