Sachi, a brilliant young neurobiologist living and working in San Diego, has constructed her life as a carefully controlled experiment. Her intention is to hold all variables constant, thinking this will protect her from suffering and loss. But when a devastating event shatters her world, she must reconstruct her entire approach to living. An encounter with a mysterious, intriguing artist leads her down an unconventional path to healing and introduces her to the possibility of magic co-existing with the laws of science. And along the way, she discovers both her humanity and her spirit.
A tender-hearted healer, a musician with an unusual gift, a young scientist pursuing a controversial path, a handsome, charming con artist … their paths converge in Incident, California. Incident is a happy, festive kind of place, though it’s rife with mystery. Located in the far north, it hosts the newest campus in the UC system, known for its departments that lie off the beaten track. The town itself is home to a wealth of outlandish lore.
Suspense thriller, love story, cautionary tale, Incident, CA peeks into the shadows where secrets abound and predators lurk, even in a happy, festive place. Do we really know everything that’s out there? And what if we’re afraid of the wrong things?
The year is 1999 and a deadly influenza pandemic is sweeping the globe. Chillingly, bacteria across the spectrum have become resistant to antibiotics at the same time. Genetics professor Nan Schulte receives cryptic communications that send her on a desperate search to discover what underlies the microbial kingdom’s escalating virulence. As societies throughout the world begin shutting down, and travel becomes increasingly difficult, Nan races to gather enough information to come up with a solution. In a war between humans and microbes, who will win?
Informed by both hard science and consciousness research, The Resistance Factor asks compelling questions as relevant today as they were when the book was written twenty years ago. Eerily prescient and meticulously researched, it examines the myriad faces of disease as it presents in humanity. Fast-paced, heart-wrenching, suspenseful, The Resistance Factor will surprise and challenge you.