Bøker av Steve McEllistrem

Joey Winston, a woman of science, working as a researcher doing DNA testing and preparing for grad school, suddenly becomes a werewolf. At first, she doesn't believe it. These must just be dreams of being a wolf. However, she soon realizes that the dreams are real and that she has become the victim of some ancient mystical curse. People are dying. But is the wolf evil, or is it an agent of God? Only when the wolf begins killing people she knows does she realize the full extent of the horror that possesses her. As she struggles to rid herself of the demon, the wolf grows in power, threatening her family. Can she stop the wolf before it kills everyone she loves, or is its power too great for modern technology to control?

In a future where religion and disease have brought social order to the verge of collapse, and where humans have been biologically and others mechanically enhanced, Jeremiah Jones must find the one man who might be able to fix everything. Problem is, that man-Walt Devereaux-may have created bio-weapons that could wipe out humanity. Is Devereaux really a dangerous man? Or is Jeremiah simply a pawn in a deadly game? Who can he trust? The man who is sheltering Devereaux? Jeremiah's ex-partner and former lover, who betrayed him? The Attorney General, who hopes to capture Devereaux to catapult himself to the presidency? Surrounded by questions, the only way Jeremiah will learn the truth is by battling the transgenic Escala and their sworn enemies, the mechanically enhanced Elite Ops. And the odds of survival are slim.

A group of fanatics has created a virus that could wipe out humanity. Zora and Curtik, the bio-engineered cadets who were saved by Jeremiah Jones before they could annihilate Earth, are intent on redeeming themselves by finding and stopping the terrorists.They go to work with an entire CINTEP team - including Ned Jefferson, Lendra Riley and Trogan Brosk - as they attempt to track down Susquehanna Sally. Will they succeed, and will they be in time? Or has the spread of the virus reached a tipping point, creating an unstoppable force? From Indonesia to London to Washington DC, the race is on to save humanity.And there's another problem demanding attention: Walt Devereaux has been stricken by the virus too. Will they be able to save him as well? Eventually, Jeremiah is forced to come out of retirement and join in the efforts to save the world. But he is just a shell of his old self, decimated by the virus, no longer the near-invincible agent he once was.As we finally learn Susquehanna Sally's identity, and what motivated her to become the world's most dangerous terrorist, a Chinese spaceship approaches the Escala colony on Mars and ignores all efforts to contact it. Aspen and her fellow cadets suspect that its inhabitants' intentions are hostile, while the peace-loving Escala don't seem concerned about enacting defensive measures. How far will Aspen go to protect them?The Devereaux Decision was named as a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award, a Midwest Book Award, and an International Book Award in Science Fiction.

As we move closer to establishing a permanent base on the Moon, we get a glimpse of what life might be like there. Retired secret agent Jeremiah Jones must travel to the Moon with his former enemy, the Elite Ops soldier Jack Marschenko, to rescue his son - a bio-engineered cadet who has been conditioned by Dr. Taditha Poole, along with his fellow cadets, to attack Earth in an outrageous plot to unite Earth's warring nations. Elias Leach, who has orchestrated everything in an attempt to bring the world together to fight this outside force, continues to manipulate the cadets from Earth. He sends his protégé, Lendra Riley to the Moon along with Colonel Truman in a bid to maintain that control. But the cadets' conditioning has broken down, and they have begun to run amok, following their own agenda now. They attack Earth with space lasers that were designed to protect the planet from rogue asteroids. Also on the Moon are the genetically engineered Escala, who are preparing to depart for Mars, where they will be starting a permanent colony. Soon, the Escala are at odds with the cadets. The fragile peace that has held on the Moon begins to shatter. Jeremiah is hurt in a tragic accident and is infected with the Susquehanna Virus in a bid to save his life, while part of Eli's plan comes to fruition as many of the nations on Earth attack the Moon. As the violence escalates, it becomes clear that not everyone will survive. Who will make it out? Who will be sacrificed? And what does it mean to be human?

Ryan Connelly, nearing 40, returns to the small Minnesota town where he grew up, hoping to reconnect with his father. But their relationship was strained even before the death of his mother many years earlier. As he struggles to overcome the pain in his past, he assists an old sculptor in carving out a boulder that takes on the shape of a man emerging from the soil.The two men bond while contemplating the mysteries of the world and their place in it. For Ryan, who has been going through the motions for many years now, stuck working jobs instead of pursuing a career, life is beginning to have some flavor again. And he comes to realize that much of the blame he put on his father for his troubles rests instead on his shoulders.Slowly, piece by piece, Ryan emerges into the wider world, wiser and more accepting of the frailties of others, and of the need to move beyond his comfort zone if he wishes to achieve a meaningful life. As one reviewer wrote: "Emerging Man is an excellent study of an intelligent man struggling to climb out of a rut that he has created for himself. I found my toes curling at Mr McEllistrem's description of a family meal and my heart going out to the old sculptor who worked on the standing stone. An enjoyable, if haunting, read."From the very first line, They bury her today, this novel seduces us into its powerful narrative, a river of carefully crafted prose pulling us inevitably toward its satisfying conclusion.

The terrorists who created the Susquehanna Virus have been stopped and Earth is safe once again, or is it? The effects of the virus linger, creating questions about whether all of humanity will become infected. And a new threat emerges. An entity claiming to be God has hacked into multiple computers and performed miracles. What does he or it want?Jeremiah Jones must once again team up with Zora, Curtik, the now-robotic Walt Devereaux and Lendra Riley, the new head of CINTEP, to find the truth and eventually go after the heads of the large corporations who are seeking to use the virus to mold the world into their vision of paradise, no matter the cost.Meanwhile, Aspen and her fellow cadets, aboard the AI ship that had been sent to Mars to establish another colony, are engaged in a conflict with the Chinese Escala, who are still determined to land on Mars and possibly harm the existing Escala colony there.And Doug Robinson has his own problems on Mars, where he has finally landed, hoping to see his daughter Celestia and re-establish a relationship with her mother Zeriphi. But he has somehow contracted the virus on the way and is now blamed for spreading it among the genetically engineered Escala and the humans stationed there.