Synopsis :: Prussian Blue

A novel by John A. Davis

North Korea continues to taunt the United States by detonating nuclear weapons, while launching long-range missiles across the Pacific. However, this threat is suddenly overshadowed by the destruction of the US fleet, as it sails through the Straits of Hormuz and into the Persian Gulf.

As this crisis of unimaginable magnitude escalates, little attention is paid to several blue, bloated and grossly disfigured Asian sailors who wash ashore in Galveston, Texas. Likewise, the North Korean cargo ship ‘Seoul’ is able to slip into Whiskey Bay, Louisiana unnoticed, where she offloads her deadly cargo: weapons of mass destruction.

As more Asian sailors become deathly ill from the many weeks spent at sea in close proximity to their lethal cargo, they are transferred to a small hospital in Carencrow, Louisiana for treatment. Dr. Rex Bent, an emergency room physician, immediately becomes suspicious and notifies the Centers for Disease Control.

The east and west coasts of the United States are soon to be rendered uninhabitable, driving Americans inland and this once proud and prosperous nation into obscurity. The Jihad is unstoppable and the holy warriors empowered. Victory, it seems, will soon be theirs!

However, with their coup de grâce in jeopardy the Islamic extremists determine that not only Dr. Bent but also his wife and confidante, Sharon, must be eliminated without raising suspicion. Pursued and hounded like traitors who had betrayed their country, the Bents are in a race against time, determined to clear their good names and save the United States from annihilation. They can, but only after discovering the significance of Prussian Blue.