S. B. Thomas

The Lion One S. B. Thomas

In the outskirts of the Utah desert, a team of scientists, surgeons, and geneticists labor in secret-and horrifying inhumanity. Driven by desperation brought on by the unbeatable assault of a flesh-eating virus, the compound was created to find a cure for the pandemic-or so it seems. Olivia Johnson, a young idealistic doctor, is driven by need when she accepts a position at the compound. A mere sixteen months into her five-year contract, she discovers that she is just as trapped as the prisoners in this secret organ farm driven by profit and without ethics. Struggling with her part in the immoral treatment of the prisoners, Johnson soon realizes she must find a way to protect both her sanity and her life under the unyielding scrutiny of Shishi Hitotsu, a murderous six-foot Japanese businessman who is also the primary owner of the compound. His motivation, she learns, is disturbingly personal: he is compelled by honor and vengeance to do the unthinkable and assume control of a weak, future America.