"A deeply human thriller."
Christoph Silber, Emmy-winning writer/producer, Los Angeles

The object: survival. The target: her DNA.

Twenty-five years ago, twelve women in the small town of Benton, Pennsylvania contracted a mysterious, infertility disease. One by one, they became barren. Code-named nephthysis, the threat becomes global and soon sparks an international, intelligence race to fight a growing infertility epidemic.

Five thousand miles away, in a northeastern Italian town, one of the twelve gives birth to a healthy baby girl. Jewel Carlone's birth is virtually unknown to the medical world until the U.S. government starts digging and discovers she carries a gene with the answers. Powerful people are prepared to pay for her DNA code.

While on a trip to Austria Jewel meets Leal Trelles, a gifted-yet-mysterious disease detective with a past no doctor is allowed to have. When the government threatens Leal with prosecution and exposure of an alarming secret, he is backed into a corner. Their instructions are clear: get the code, produce a drug and they'll look the other way. For Leal, it's just not that simple. He is unprepared for the effect Jewel has on him and soon a trip with her to the Himalayas suddenly goes very, very wrong...

ABOUT THE CODE BENEATH

Spinning from New York to Montpellier, from Salzburg to Venice's charming waterways and from the Himalayan ranges to Saint Louis, THE CODE BENEATH is a complex suspense thriller steeped in corporate and government conspiracies.

INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR

Q: What Makes The Code Beneath a unique new release?

A: I have always been fascinated by espionage. I wanted to explore the idea of; could an everyday person find themselves in a government plot? The Code Beneath is an economic espionage thriller that looks at the dangers of economic intelligence secrets?

Q: Why should readers give the book a try?

A: The book is an edge-of-your-seat ride that triggers an emotional response in the reader leaping from crisis to crisis. We are immediately hooked by Jewel and Leal's connection and fearful of the danger they are in. Jewel is a strong character who will appeal to anyone looking fora strong female lead. The plot spins across the globe as the main characters search for not critical answers to a global epidemic but the meaning of trust. Any Bond film fan, who enjoys international suspense thrillers with conspiracies at the heart of the plot should enjoy this thriller.

Q: Is this a standalone book? What can we expect from the Department of Economic Series?

A: It is. The Department of Economic Intelligence series feature the secretive agency at the heart of the series. Readers have asked for this story to continue, so you never know. But all in all this book can be read alone.
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