Public Offerings Book Four: Children on the Altar

Pandemic! One person stands between pandemic and hope for stopping a nightmare virus... "...A densely plotted thriller that churns out suspenseful scenes... Characters are refreshingly intricate. Protagonist Dave isn't a flawless hero; he seems to be an obsessive workaholic. The bad guys are even better.." - Kirkus Reviews Clue Award finalist for best thriller or mystery. Winner of the prestigious Writers League of Texas competition for best thriller Public Offerings concludes in Children on the Altar, the suspense-packed fourth and final installment... Revenge! Obsessed by vengeance for decades, Claire McQuaid, now the CEO of a large pharmaceutical firm, holds the future of the world in her hands. She and powerful associates in banking and oil assemble an ingenious plan designed to wipe out the HIV virus, AIDS and malaria...or so it appears. The real mission is far more sinister. Millions of innocent people will be sacrificed in a genocidal pandemic to accomplish the vengeful and self-serving conspiracy behind the plan. There's just one big hitch: Dave Clement... Survival! When his fifteen-year-old daughter, Liv, inexplicably contracts a fast-moving form of the HIV virus, Dave's life is ripped apart. He discovers that his work with Sierra Leone may be responsible for Liv's disease and the pandemic sure to follow. His business associate, Claire McQuaid, needs him and what he knows. Claire will do anything to keep him in line, including holding a cure for his daughter hostage to the pandemic conspiracy. Sierra Leone, where Dave has taken Liv for humanitarian work, is Ground Zero from where the pandemic virus will explode onto the world scene. With Liv's fate and that of a million other people linked to the outcome of the pandemic genocide, Dave must cooperate or doom Liv and everything he cherishes. This breathtaking roller coaster ride ascends the snowy peaks of northern Colorado and hurtles through the rainforests of West Africa as Claire and her associates drive forward the pandemic to achieve their new world order. With everything that ever mattered to him on the line, Dave races the clock to outwit the powerful plotters and to save Liv. Public Offerings is available as a four book thriller series. This title, Children on the Altar, is the 4th and final book in the series.