The Ruin of Souls

At forty-six, Michael Corrigan has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in clinical psychology. A former successful tech entrepreneur, Michael left his old life behind following his son’s suicide, driven now to reveal the negative impact social media can have on adolescents. His unlikely admission into the clinical psychology program at the University of Connecticut was championed by professor emeritus Dr. Sam Shoah, an eighty-two-year-old psychologist who survived the horrors of the Holocaust as a young boy. As a gift to commemorate his student’s accomplishment, Dr. Shoah gives Michael a signed copy of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning and urges him to do something meaningful with his life.

Michael’s celebration is short-lived, as Sam goes missing. After finding and decoding a cryptic message left by Sam in Frankl’s book, Michael begins a quest to find his missing advisor. While doing so, he uncovers a plot conceived by deep cover Russian operatives to release a virus into the United States. Fueled by a deadly combination of greed and revenge, these sleeper agents seek to profit from the detrimental impact this virus will have on the US economy and strike back at the country which they feel has betrayed them.

While attempting to thwart their plans and rescue Sam, Michael realizes he’s been manipulated into becoming the mule for the virus and has to use his skills as a tech expert and psychologist to solve puzzles in order to avert the greatest terrorist attack on the US since 9/11 and prevent…the ruin of souls.