Virus-"72 Hours to Live"

Science Fiction & Fantasy

synopsis

Synopsis

During a public relations trip to Europe the first lady Abby Patterson, her daughter Beth and son Dave lose their lives to a very fast and suspicious virus. As the virus takes over the world the President of the United States Arnold Patterson must deal with the collapse of the United States Government. His trusted adviser Admiral Nial Hagerly does his best to keep the military viable but it is a losing battle. The government moves to Camp David while they deal with the collapse then ultimately they are forced to move to an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic where they plan to rebuild the country and Earth. Commander Joan Herl and her husband Tom must deal with the virus on the space station Oasis. They still have a job to do, but their losses are disastrous and dwindling supplies puts the moon colony Desert Beach and the Mars colony Red Dirt in dire jeopardy. The moon colony is cut-off from Earth, and forced to use their lifeboats for a return to Earth, but losing Oasis cuts off the Mars colony and they must deal with the isolation. After the suspicious virus has decimated Earth, the president and astronauts ultimately find that a computer named SIMPOC is their only central support. They also find there is another computer that has the same advanced abilities as SIMPOC but it is not helping the humans; it has its own agenda.

bio

Author Biography

Ray was born in New Hampshire, received his Bachelors of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Arizona State University, and now retired from an influential, multi-decade career in aerospace, Ray realized there was a niche that was calling him as he began to write deeper characters, create more sophisticated stories and realistic situations for Sci-Fi fans to relate to. Initially attracted to heroic characters with powerful weapons taking on hundreds of aliens, Ray began his literary career with a desire to extrapolate Sci-Fi stories with a touch of everyday reality that most of us experience in work and our everyday lives. His literary work is thoughtfully enriched by his decade long experience in the US Air Force where he flew C-130s on missions to 27 countries, and T-38s while training the best pilots in the world, as well as the first female US Air Force pilots. During his 28 years at Northrup Grumman, Ray worked on some of the most top-secret military aircraft projects in the world including the F-23, F-35, B-2, Global Hawk and many more that can’t be named. He is grateful to his wife, Charlene and his two daughters, for her support on this new journey.

website

Author Insight

Creating Evil

Creating evil is fun, sometimes it is a little creepy. When you go down a path describing evil, it takes you into a different place in your mind. I suppose it can be therapeutic, but to be honest I find it upsetting, but I enjoyed it. I find it stressful to describe such evil because you find yourself having to think like the character and it can make my skin crawl a little. Regardless, if the author is creep-ed out by his evil character than perhaps I did it well.

Book Excerpt

Virus-"72 Hours to Live"

Dmitry Kovalenko was a perfect baby, he was a perfect toddler and he was a perfect pre-teen and teenager. Dmitry was also a perfect young adult and mature adult. He knew he was perfect and he wasn't interested in what other people thought. They didn't understand him, they were dirty, they didn't listen, and they didn't care about what he cared about. They were wrong and irrelevant to him.

Dmitry was 6 ft. 2 inches tall and had dark wavy brown hair. To everyone who looked at him, he was attractive and had a killer smile. He learned early, a smile, a laugh, and even a tear occasionally would get him what he wanted. If it didn't, then the dark of the night would be his ally and when he struck, it was violent and he left no doubt, as to whom it was from. He was smart enough not to leave evidence, just fear and pain, which he could use to his benefit another time.

Dmitry cared about others for only one reason, because he could get them to do what he wanted. They did what he asked and if they were afraid of him, that was their weakness not his problem. He only hurt them when they didn't do what was important what he wanted to be done.

Buy

	Amazon
	Barnes&Noble
	Apple Books
	Kobo

Share
Follow Unfollow
Comment
x
Comment on this Bubble

Your comment and a link to this bubble will also appear in your Facebook feed.

Ray Jay Perreault

Virus-"72 Hours to Live"

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

Creating Evil

Book Excerpt

Virus-"72 Hours to Live"

Comment on this Bubble