War in the Multiverse: Book I: The Immortality Gene (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798896490296)

A riveting novel that spans the Multiverse, The Immortality Gene is packed with non-stop action. When Assistant United States Attorney Colton O'Rourke is drawn into the investigation of a plane crash outside Washington, D.C. that killed all aboard, he soon discovers that the crash is anything but a normal accident. The cockpit door had been pulled off its hinges with inhuman strength and strange insectoid DNA is discovered under the fingernails of one of the crash victims. Joined in his investigation by FBI Special Agent Willie Green and the stunningly beautiful CIA Assistant General Counsel Josephine Landry, his life hangs in the balance as he comes under constant attack from shadowy and mysterious sources.

Meanwhile, on Zoria, a world adjacent to Earth in the Multiverse, Lord Astrial and his daughters are attacked by mutated creatures that are intent on destroying their planet. The mysterious Silver Orb created by an unknown race advises them that Zoria's only hope of salvation lies in a powerful gene found only in Earth's human genome. Their search across the Multiverse to locate Earth and the gene ultimately leads them to O'Rourke's investigation.

Following clues from India's Konark Sun Temple to the Amazon rainforest, O'Rourke, Green, and Landry unearth the shocking motive for the plane crash. As the fate of Zoria and Earth become intertwined, the stakes of the investigation become breathtakingly huge. Only the combined efforts of the two worlds stand a chance to save either from an ancient, alien evil.

About the Author

A graduate of Princeton University and Georgetown Law School, Michael Hays is a lawyer and a former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. He has investigated and tried numerous criminal cases. An avid science fiction fan, he has been a member of the Science Fiction Book of the Month Club since he was seven years old. He is an enthusiastic adventure traveler, having climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, visited a tribe of former headhunters in Borneo, scuba dived off the Great Barrier Reef, visited the headwaters of the Amazon River, trekked in Nepal, and biked in Bhutan.

A resident of the District of Columbia and Spring Island, South Carolina, Michael is married to a wonderful woman (also a lawyer) and has two terrific daughters, one a urologist and one a prosecutor. When he is not writing, he loves to play tennis and golf.