I'm the author of the novel Full Circle, a scifi /medical thriller about a fictional pandemic. Click here if you want to read the prolog, or here to read a review on Amazon.

I'm a systems analyst for a major defense contractor in the Pacific Northwest. I served in the U.S. Navy and have seen much of the world. I live in the Seattle area with my wife Jean and our four children.

Quick synopsis of this book:

The last tyrannosaur has passed away. So has her mate, her young, and all the animals they fed upon. Extinction will claim them all. Almost all of the dinosaurs will soon be wiped out by a monstrous virus. The remains of one very special animal will be entombed by an ancient earthquake, preserving the virus in a region that will eventually become an Arctic wasteland.

Fast forward sixty-five million years, to the year 2025, when a Chinese research team recovers those ancient bones. They have no idea what lurks inside the find, and the organism escapes. People start dying... A proven planet killer begins spreading on the wind. Politicians are nonchalant about the growing crisis in Asia, until a local epidemic explodes into a global pandemic. Unfortunately, they are convinced the disease is some sort of biological attack, and they waste time and resources trying to identify a culprit. When the public finally learns the truth, they come face to face with a very grim reality. Some handle it fairly well. Most do not.

The scientific and medical communities search desperately for some way to contain the disease, but their efforts are unsuccessful. In the end, man proves to be no match for nature's nightmare.

Aftermath... The summer of 2025 has ended. Life on the planet has been decimated, but life goes on. Homo sapiens has survived the plague, but society and technology have been utterly destroyed. The post apocalyptic world has its own set of challenges, but in many ways it is an idyllic world. As the centuries pass humanity begins restoring society. In many ways it is a hopeful rebirth, but it is not a perfect one, as it includes many things best left in the past.