Genecaust: Homeland

GENECAUST, 1st in a series of Technothrillers, is a 135,000 word Novel about a massive biochemical attack in the Middle East. To find the people behind the plot, SA GRANGER HAWKING is taken captive. MERET MATHER, a microbiologist aids in his return and discovers the attack is a test for another attack on the Homeland and she struggles to uncover its mission. Meret has just created a Genomic consulting company and works with the CIA to thwart the attack and rescue Granger. Together they discover the next attack is aimed at our Homeland.The advent of CRISPR-cas9 ended what started as Science Fiction and has became a Technothriller. By definition, a Genecaust is the targeting and murdering specific groups of people or individuals by identifying existing, or engineered, genetic markers.A Holocaust must be remembered so it can never happen again.A Genecaust must be anticipated so it never happens.-E L Russell