Patrick Larkin Books

In the increasingly turbulent atmosphere of international politics, a once grassroots anti-globalisation movement has been slowly taken over by an underground radical anti-technology group fronted by a mysterious figure known only as Lazarus. All attempts to infiltrate the group have failed, and the intelligence agents involved have disappeared without trace. Now Lazarus is preparing to make his boldest move yet. Lt Col. Jon Smith is activated by Covert-One to bring his skills to bear in uncovering the truth behind the terrorists. For, unbeknown to the world at large, the Lazarus Movement is on the brink of setting in motion a deadly scheme that will risk the lives of billions and for ever change the nature of the world.

At an international conference in Prague, Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an Army research doctor specializing in infectious diseases and secretly an agent attached to Covert-One, is contacted by a Russian colleague, Dr. Valentine Petrenko. Petrenko is concerned about a small cluster of mysterious deaths in Moscow and about the Russian government's refusal to release publicly any information or data on the outbreak. When the two meet, they are attacked by a group of mysterious men and Petrenko is killed, his notes and medical samples are lost, and Smith barely escapes with his life. At the same time, a series of government officials around the world are coming down with a mysterious, fast-acting virus with a 100% fatality rate. These deaths are somehow related to the increasing militarism from the new Russian government, headed by the autocratic and ambitious President Victor Dudarev. With few clues and precious little time, Smith and Covert-One must unravel this mysterious plot and find the mysterious figure who stands at the center of it all...

In South Africa, Nazi-like ultraconservative Afrikaners take over the Pretoria government, then invade bordering Namibia. A Communist counterforce led by Cubans is mounted, as internal revolt and harsh suppression breed domestic chaos. A Boer nuclear attack on the Cubans is answered with nerve gas; only heavy commitments of U.S. and British forces restore order after much battling and destruction. The love interest involves an American TV journalist and a free-spirited daughter of one of the Afrikaner leaders.

„Hydra“ – ein neues, weltbedrohendes Virus bricht aus In Moskau sterben US-Diplomaten an einem tödlichen, neuartigen Virus. Es lässt sich nicht diagnostizieren, nicht aufhalten und es gibt kein Gegenmittel. Die perfekte Biowaffe, die ihr Ziel in der DNA ihrer Opfer findet und diese rasend schnell zerstört. Jon Smith von der amerikanischen Sondereinheit Covert One wird von Prag nach Moskau beordert, um die Attentäter ausfindig zu machen. Er kommt einer weltweiten Verschwörung auf die Spur, die von einem geheimnisumwitterten Mann geleitet wird.