Third Messenger

About the Book

The clock is ticking backwards. They’ve broken the code for growing young. Researchers make an astounding discovery in the Guatemalan jungle. Steele Pharmaceuticals will exploit it to develop a drug that promises to change the world. An inspection team travels to the remote research center to investigate this wondrous breakthrough. On the team is Will Connors, a man on a last-ditch quest to save a precious life. He discovers a utopian paradise of genetic innovations that will transform human existence. The miraculous healing of a severed spinal cord. Genetically modified crops that will end world hunger. A medicine that contains the secret to perpetual youth. Dark forces lurk in this exotic paradise. The team finds itself in peril as mysterious occurrences arouse suspicions of fraudulent research. A team member disappears. Another dies under questionable circumstances. An escaped lab animal creates havoc in the jungle. A conspiracy of murder and corruption ascends to the highest corporate levels. Third Messenger is a high-intensity adventure of a desperate man on a collision course with a ruthless CEO willing to pay any price for success. This intense thriller provides a mesmerizing exploration of cutting-edge medicine, Big Pharma corruption, and the devastating consequences of uncontrolled genetic manipulation.

About the Author

Ellsworth James is a forensic psychologist, former military officer, musician, composer, and writer. He lives with his wife Kathleen in Scottsdale, Arizona and Eureka, Montana. Third Messenger is his debut novel. His next novel, Winslow’s Journey, will be available in Summer 2019. Visit his website at: www.ellsworthjames.com.