Paul Mark Tag

Home Bookstore About the Author Media Room Blog Contact Click Here to get a Free Bookmark with your purchase of Prophecy or Category 5 Check out real Google...See more » Home Bookstore About the Author Media Room Blog Contact Click Here to get a Free Bookmark with your purchase of Prophecy or Category 5 Check out real Google Earth images from chapter locations in Tag’s novels CLICK HERE Read various essays and book reviews by Paul Mark Tag CLICK HERE The Paul Mark Tag Bookstore In this fast-paced thriller, a U.S. Navy scientist becomes entangled in a discovery that threatens the world's religions: a "prophecy gene" that has lain hidden since the Creation. In 1889, one of the worst environmental disasters to befall the United States occurred in Johnstown, Pennsylvania: more than 2,200 people died when a poorly maintained sporting dam gave way and destroyed the town. Only minutes before the catastrophe, a nineteen-year-old girl enters a church in Johnstown, puts a letter into a bottle, and places it inside a safe. In the year 2009, that safe is unearthed. The letter reveals that the author knew of the impending flood. Concurrently, laboratory experiments in Russia have far-reaching implications. In what could prove to be the scientific discovery of the ages, researchers uncover a rare genetic mutation that could explain scientifically the clairvoyant powers exhibited by prophets of old. At the epicenter of the ensuing maelstrom, Dr. Victor Mark Silverstein, the Naval Research Laboratory's preeminent scientist, and his loyal assistant tangle with greedy U.S. senators, the CIA, and a Middle Eastern organization for verification and control of the prophecy gene. The hunt begins for a present-day carrier who could confirm the genes potential and prompt development of a man-made replacement. At stake is theological chaos for the worlds religions and the power to control the planet. >>READ AN EXCERPT Dr. Victor Mark Silverstein is a Jewish African-American whose background is as unusual as his personality. He lives a privileged life as the Naval Research Laboratory's preeminent meteorologist and scientist. But beneath the façade of a self-centered, arrogant personality lies a seething, vulnerable man whose secrets have plagued his sleep since 1982. That's when he discovered the truth about what happened to his girlfriend, Sylvia. In the year 2007, his nightmares become a reality when weather satellites detect an environmental aberration. Memories from college at Penn State and their accompanying heartbreak push their way back into Silverstein's life. Only he knows the root cause of the phenomenon and its scientific basis--and the mastermind behind it all. This fast-paced thriller spans the globe: from the Suez Canal and Christmas Island to Istanbul, Turkey; to Monterey, California and Washington, DC; and finally to Bermuda. Silverstein and his feisty female assistant, Dr. Linda Kipling, begin a desperate and harrowing pursuit for the truth and for those responsible. With time running out and the environmental catastrophe unfolding, they must survive a terrifying ride through the eyewall of a hurricane. The final showdown pits good against evil and intellect against loyalty. Along the way, Silverstein finds peace and becomes reacquainted with a faith he abandoned long ago. >>READ AN EXCERPT In this fast-paced espionage thriller, a Navy scientist confronts his past--and the mastermind who threatens the U.S. with an environmental catastrophe...See less »