The Ares Virus

Amazon # 1 Bestseller"A brilliant modern thriller, by a guy who knows how to keep you turning the pages. After the initial set up of plot and characters, it moves along at quite a pace. With a few twists and surprises along the way. An excellent thriller, I'll be keeping an eye out for more Books by A P Bateman. One of the best Novels I've read this year." - Reader Review"As good as Clive Cussler." - Reader Review"5 Stars because I could not put the book down it is one of the best page turners I have read in a long time a great read I recommend this book to any one who likes a mystery. Great story well written. Make sure you have time to read this book because you won't put it down until the end." - Reader Review"This book kept me turning the pages all the way to the end. A little bit chilling in that the story has a ring of possibility to it." - Reader ReviewAt a US research facility funded by the military and clandestine agencies a super-virus has been created as a first strike military weapon. During its conception the anti-virus has furthered the possibilities of medical research by decades. Such is its potential, treachery has struck from within. If the virus is released, then the anti-virus will be worth billions to the pharmaceutical industry. Isobel Bartlett worked on the project and knows its potential. After the suspicious death of her mentor, and upon hearing part of an audacious plan to make money from the project she flees the facility with the information needed to culture the viruses to seek help from a contact with the FBI. Up against rogue government forces, she is helped by Agent Rob Stone of the Secret Service who has been tasked by the president to investigate a disbanded assassination program after his investigation led him to the bio research facility. The two are hunted mercilessly by an assassin from Washington to the streets of New York. Only when the hunt reaches the wild forests of Vermont can ex-special forces soldier Stone take the fight to the enemy.