The Serpent's Kiss
by Mark Terry
Derek Stillwater,
bioterrorism expert for the Department of Homeland Security, already has
his bags packed for vacation when he gets the call: "Sarin gas attack
on a detroit restaurant. Fifty-two dead." The killer calls himself the
Serpent and demands three million dollars. If he is not paid on time,
more people will die. Special Agent Jill Church is assigned to keep
tabs on Stillwater. While the FBI brass are playing politics with the
press, Stillwater and Church discover a disturbing link to a cult
responsible for the sarin attacks on a Japanese subway. Furious at
Stillwater's unorthodox methods, the FBI demands his immediate arrest.
Now suspended from the case, Church knows that she and Stillwater are
the only ones who can stop the Serpent from releasing sarin gas at a
concert. 21,000 lives are at stake-including her own son's.
bioterrorism expert for the Department of Homeland Security, already has
his bags packed for vacation when he gets the call: "Sarin gas attack
on a detroit restaurant. Fifty-two dead." The killer calls himself the
Serpent and demands three million dollars. If he is not paid on time,
more people will die. Special Agent Jill Church is assigned to keep
tabs on Stillwater. While the FBI brass are playing politics with the
press, Stillwater and Church discover a disturbing link to a cult
responsible for the sarin attacks on a Japanese subway. Furious at
Stillwater's unorthodox methods, the FBI demands his immediate arrest.
Now suspended from the case, Church knows that she and Stillwater are
the only ones who can stop the Serpent from releasing sarin gas at a
concert. 21,000 lives are at stake-including her own son's.