WINNER Best Medical Thriller, 2021 by American Fiction Awards COVID-20 ravages the planet. A baby and his mother’s blood contain the cure and are kidnapped by mercenaries.
In this medical thriller, biotech executive Sal Maggio plans to resettle his extended family in remote northern Canada out of the pandemic’s reach. A researcher from Sal’s company shares her experimental treatment that cures his near-death pregnant daughter and her unborn child. Sal’s ex-boss conspires to bankrupt the company in return for the drug’s ownership. Sal refuses to relinquish the last of the miracle cure or its formula.
The former CEO hires a rogue operator to kidnap the infant to barter for the wonder drug. A psychopathic biologist processes the newborn’s blood into a commercial treatment. The baby’s abductors put the Dark Cure for sale on outlaw websites in the expectation of a multimillion-dollar payday. The mercenaries next seize the mother as she represents a larger blood reservoir than the newborn.
As the US collapses and scheming kidnappers fortify their hideout, can the outgunned group save the mother and baby and embark on an eighteen hundred-mile trek north to safety?
Dark Cure disturbingly imagines the near-future if Covid-19 mutates into a deadlier form. The writing is fast-paced and the plot fascinating.
DON D. MANN
New York Times Best Selling Author
Inside SEAL Team SIX: My Life and Missions with America’s Elite Warriors
Fans of domestic thrillers and family sagas will enjoy Dark Cure
What ARC readers are saying about Dark Cure: Part Lord of the Flies and part Contagion, Dark Cure keeps readers engaged with well-developed characters, page-turning action, and an evolving plot that strays from its expected course. Well worth the read. 5-Star Goodreads reviewer.
Utterly gripping, taut plot that is disturbingly plausible. A tightly woven bio-terrorism thriller … Dark Cure leaves the reader pondering what if…. with the terrifying prospect of real life imitating fiction … Dark Cure firmly establishes West in the genre of Michael Crichton, Matthew Reilly and Lee Child. Bring it on! 5-Star Goodreads reviewer.
… The US is breaking down, the race for a cure is on, and anything and everything-including bleeding babies and their mothers-is fair game … You will be hooked by the halfway point and will need to accept that the rest of your day will be spent reading this book … Bradley West’s best book. 5-Star Goodreads reviewer.
I really enjoyed this timely book. The pacing was fast and I read the second half of the book in one sitting. I would even say the pace was frenetic at times! Read the book. You won’t be disappointed. 5-Star Goodreads reviewer.
West has taken the art of weaving fact and fantasy in his conspiracy thrillers to the extent that often the boundaries get blurred. In short tight chapters, the story builds to a series of pounding crescendos. Dark Cure is a story of our times, told by a master storyteller. 5-Star Goodreads reviewer.
