Catalyst — Oscar L. Fellows

CATALYST is jungle adventure, interesting science, military action, political intrigue and an uncommon romance. An American archaeologist digging in the Amazon jungle finds the diaries of a World War II Nazi engineer. They lead him to a long lost mine, and a red ore that turns out to be the catalyst of fame and legend; the "philosophers stone" of ancient alchemy, and the "red mercury" super-weapon touted by Russian scientists. This ‘Holy Grail' of hydrogen chemistry has the power to destroy the petroleum industry, destabilize the global power structure and precipitate World War III. The archaeologist now has a problem. Survival.