Dead Water

-Clayton Pepper

After parachuting into a clearing, Rijah Ellhad makes his way through the Alaskan woods until reaching a remote lake, dons hazmat gear, and tosses a vial into the water. Fourteen hours later, he returns and stares in disbelief at the scene before him; dead fish floating on the lake so thick that he thought he could walk across them to the other shore, causing a chill like no other to run up his spine.

After President Robert Williams learns of the horrific fish kill, he strongly suspects it is an experiment of a new bioterrorist weapon. After directing the FBI, CIA, and the NSA to begin investigating, he also asks old friend and former Marine Captain Richard Starr for him and his team, headed by Sgt. Marvin Styles, USMC retired, to assist in the operation. As Styles and team race against other agencies, and most importantly, time; they must utilize their unique skills to find the terrorists and eliminate the threat. Complicating the entire matter is a catastrophic event so shattering it shakes the entire country to its very core, and leaving the team questioning whether they can even continue.

In an emotionally gripping tale, this special civilian ''Black Ops'' group must outrace and outthink everyone to prevent the unleashing of perhaps the most dangerous toxic terrorist weapon ever.