The Gorgon Snakes - Paperback

Dr. Diego de Olano, an American university professor, comes across a novel lethal disease. After investigating several cases, he suspects a laboratory in South Africa of performing illegal medical research on poor Black patients using genetically modified microorganisms. Thrust into a search for truth, Diego travels undercover to Africa and, when discovered, goes on the run from a ruthless Afrikaner government official. His relief at escaping to the US mainland is short-lived and unwelcome. Following threats to his life, he returns to Panama, his native country, and to the woman he loves, but the tentacles of evil find him and destroy his clandestine research lab. Diego continues to work while being led through dangerous jungle trails and treacherous waters by an indigenous friend. Wanted dead or alive by a well-funded, rogue Panamanian military man with a personal grudge, Diego is in a race against time to solve the lethal disease he has traced to a laboratory virus and to find a cure before more people are infected.