The Hellgate: The Search for the Ancient Botanical to Save Humankind

by Christopher Paul Milne

Overview

Dr. Goran MacLeod, a seasoned epidemiologist, is called to investigate mysterious outbreaks in New York City and the Dominican Republic. These outbreaks don't follow the usual rules-they target isolated communities, evade detection, and seem eerily similar to something MacLeod encountered years ago. As he digs deeper, he stumbles upon rumors of an ancient, deadly fungus, the Hellgate Hongo, believed to be both a cure and a weapon, taking him on a quest into the shadowy underworld of bioweapons research, ripe with covert government operations and ancient botanical secrets to be uncovered.

With time running out and the body count rising, MacLeod must piece together the puzzle before the world is plunged into chaos. But what if the cure is deadlier than the disease?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798341887206
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	02/03/2025
Series:	The Hellgate Series , #1
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

After graduating from veterinary school in the Dominican Republic, Dr. Milne practiced for several years. Later, he attended The Johns Hopkins University and graduated with a Master of Public Health. He served as Manager for the Environmental Health Public Response Program as well as Emergency Coordinator for the NJ Department of Health, conducting investigations of contamination cluster events, responding to major health incidents, and recommending changes in public health legislation and policy.

The latter experience encouraged him to attend law school, after which he became a Senior Fellow and, later, Research Director at the Center for the Study of Drug Development at Tufts University School of Medicine. His research focused on the study of medicines’ development for epidemic infections, rare and neglected diseases, and pediatric-specific formulations. Dr. Milne remained at Tufts University for 20 years, during which time he traveled, lectured, and taught short courses in 30 countries throughout Europe, South America, and Asia and published over 100 journal articles and textbook chapters on a variety of pharmaceutical subjects. The Hellgate is his first publication in the realm of fiction.