Particles in the Air: A Dr. Mallory Hayes Medical Thriller

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Dr. Mallory Hayes, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) medical investigator, is a committed physician and researcher quietly battling height and air-flight anxiety. When a tsunami devastates the coast of Southern California, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) establishes a camp to house the tens of thousands of people displaced by the disaster, and the Army is brought in to provide medical services. Mallory is dispatched to the camp by the CDC to prevent the potential spread of disease from contaminated water. What she discovers is far worse than anything she could have imagined--an accelerated HIV-like virus, and a common, everyday microbe, which are proving to be unfailingly deadly. Soon, Mallory is called upon to determine the virus' origins. But it turns out to be a complicated story involving a scientist with psychopathic tendencies, a devout Islamic extremist, and a misguided adolescent. Will the virus itself continue to spread throughout the country, without either a cure or a treatment Particles in the Air is a shockingly realistic tale only an immunologist could write--a tense, high-concept thriller meant to appeal to fans of A.G Riddle, Michael Crichton, Terry Hayes, Richard Preston, and others.

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"Takes the modern medical thriller to the next level. Perfectly balanced with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the end."--STEVE KONKOLY, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLING THRILLER WRITER
"A page-turner that's not only entertaining but thought-provoking."--ELLIOTT LIGHT, AUTHOR OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MYSTERIES LONESOME SONG, CHAIN THINKING, GENE POLICE, AND THROWAWAYS
"A wild ride through cutting-edge medical reality, selfless caring, and religious fanaticism. Pay very close attention. You'll be richly rewarded."--JOE LANE, AUTHOR OF THE MUCH-CELEBRATED THRILLER AFTERSHOCK
"Masterful integration of medical science, nightmarish scenarios, and riveting action pitting the forces of rational good against those of irrational evil."--DR. CRISTINA LEPORT, AUTHOR OF THE MEDICAL THRILLER DISSECTION
"Tense, authoritative medical thriller that seems torn from today's headlines, but with a couple of major twists. Like a Michael Crichton novel, a true (and truly frightening) tour de force."--JOHN WINN MILLER, AUTHOR OF THE MARITIME THRILLER THE HUNT FOR THE PEGGY C

Author Bio

Jenna Podjasek, MD, is an allergist/immunologist who trained at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

She lives with her husband, two children, and numerous pets in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.

Particles in the Air is her first novel.

Follow Dr. Podjasek on twitter @JennaPodjasek or visit her at JennaPodjasek.com.