Louis Kirby

Shadow of Eden Louis Kirby

                 Chillingly plausible and terrifying. You'll never take another pill without thinking of Shadow of Eden. Peter Glassman MD, author of THE HELIOS RAIN.

A call for a physician on board a 747 awakens Dr. Steve James. He is ushered into the cockpit where he finds an unconscious copilot and a delusional captain. Moments later, he is the only conscious person in the cockpit as it plunges headlong toward Washington DC.

Secretary of State Linda Resnick and President Robert Dixon watch in horror as China's army ruthlessly kills 30,000 peaceful worshippers in Hong Kong, broadcast by a sole but ill fated TV camera crew. A visibly shaken President Dixon uncharacteristically vows revenge.  

Dr. James is confronted by the puzzling and relentlessly progressive brain illness of the 747 Captain and a young woman, an illness that may be the forerunner to thousands more getting the invariably fatal illness. But suddenly he is faced with deadly attempts on his and his family's life. He will go to any length to protect them but he still has no idea why he is in the assassin's crosshairs.

Secretary Resnick and the White House Staff become alarmed as President Dixon becomes increasingly erratic in his management of the escalating military confrontation with China.

Steve James persistent investigations quickly makes him the pivotal threat to an international conspiracy that is played out in the highest office in the land -- with an all out effort to kill him before he can pull all the pieces together.

With his deep medical experience and his highly placed political and military informants, Kirby delivers a smart, devastatingly intense, and jaw-droppingly realistic medical and political thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last riveting page.