Patient Zero

by Kurt Heinrich Hyatt

Overview

Starpilot Michael Bell, on a mining expedition to the Outer Rim, survives an alien virus outbreak aboard his starfreighter and crash lands it on Hadley's Planet, a mining outpost within the United Homeworlds. A pandemic soon erupts, killing thousands, and authorities decree Mike is Patient Zero, though he's immune and not a carrier. He'd also brought back knowledge of the most valuable emeralds ever discovered, and though the virus protects the riches from pilfering, a mad rush to locate the mine ensues. Mike is the only soul who knows where it is, but having sworn to never go back to those horrors, he escapes to Earth with the lovely but bossy Dr. Blanca Marina, a viral researcher on the hunt for a vaccine. Their journey pits them against the mining company, a hybrid breed of lizard-humans, and dogged law enforcement bent on his capture. As the death toll mounts across the Homeworlds, the virus mutates, and Mike succumbs. His only hope for survival lies with Dr. Marina and a cure that's worse than the disease.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186755173
Publisher:	TWB Press
Publication date:	01/20/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	418 KB

About the Author

Kurt Heinrich Hyatt, a citizen of Canada at the time, joined the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He started writing in 1986 and sold his first two science fiction stories to Space and Time. He also became associate editor for the Starwind Press of Ripley, Ohio. After a brief hiatus to raise a family, he returned to writing in 2010, and since then, his works have appeared in nineteen science fiction magazines. His first novel, The Borgia Kiss, was published by Rogue Phoenix Press in 2020. The sequel, The Assassin’s Daughter came out in 2021. Paper Doll was released by TWB Press in 2022. An avid Harley-Davidson rider for over fifty years, he lives in Prescott Valley, AZ with his wife and two cats.