The Panama Contagion — D.M. Coffman

2020 BEST BOOKS Finalist award in Fiction Thriller/Adventure sponsored by American Book FestA psychopath unleashes a deadly contagion, and an explosives laden cruise ship heads for the Panama Canal--but the CIA ignores the warning.An international suspense thriller filled with heart-pounding action adventure, biochemical attacks, explosives, betrayals, and ongoing vendettas.The evil Net organization intends to alter US involvement in the Middle East by creating a diversion in the Panama Canal. Plans include simultaneous attacks using a biochemical weapon carried back to the States by unsuspecting tourists, and a cruise ship loaded with explosives heading for the canal locks. After American cargo ships begin exploding at sea, undercover Chinese-American Jason Yi suspects Net involvement, but the CIA ignores his warning.When returning tourists begin dying from a contagion linked to the deadly strain found in the Net's command center on an island in the South China Sea, Yi takes action into his own hands. But will our heroic agent discover the full scope of the Net's plans in time to stop the destruction?His life hangs in the balance after a run-in with the psychopathic killer known only as the Foreigner.This clean fiction/flinch-free suspense novel is without offensive language, graphic sex or extreme violence.Book 3 in The Net thriller series. This book can stand alone but may be more enjoyable if read in order of the series.