E C Russell

Genecaust E C Russell

GENECAUST, 1st in a series of Technothrillers, is a 135k word Novel about a growing threat of a massive biochemical attack in the Middle East. MERET MATHER, a microbiologist, creates a Genomic consulting company for the CIA. Working to find the people behind the plot is SA GRANGER HAWKING. When he is taken captive, Meret aids in his return and discovers the attack is a test for another attack on the Homeland and she struggles to uncover its mission. The CRISPRcas9 ended what started as Science Fiction, and became a Technothriller. A Genecaust: The targeting and murdering specific groups of people or individuals by identifying existing, or engineered, genetic markers. A Holocaust must be remembered so it can never happen again. A Genecaust must be anticipated so it never happens.-E L Russell