Hank Parker

scientist, biodefense specialist, educator, and author of thriller Containment; holds a PhD in biological oceanography and two Master’s degrees; former Senior Executive and Acting Director of Homeland Security for the Agricultural Research Service of USDA; former professor at Georgetown University, George Mason University, and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. https://hankparkerauthor.com/


 

Containment came out inJanuary, 2017 in hardback by Touchstone, a Simon&Schuster imprint, and by Atria Books (also a S&S imprint) in September 2017. Containment is a thriller informed by Hank Parker’s experiences as a US government advisor on agroterrorism. It is also available as an audiobook narrated by George Newbern. Also available tbrough Simon&Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Hank-Parker/570011160

Epidemiologist Mariah Rossi and covert CIA agent Curt Kennedy team up to track a new tick-borne virus traced to an extremist group in Southeast Asia. They follow the bioterrorism conspiracy through the jungles of the Philippines, to the coral reefs near Borneo, to London, and finally back to the United States, where martial law has been declared to keep the disease contained.

"This is as real as it gets! Dr. Hank Parker knows his stuff and once you read this book you will too. Caution - it might keep you up at night.”

—Dr. Robert A. Heckert BSc, DVM, PhD, CBSP

“This is a true thriller with non-stop action and a terrifyingly realistic look at what could happen if terrorists were able to release a virus in America.”

—Scott McEwen, coauthor of American Sniper and author of Ghost Sniper

Published by Atria Books (September 12, 2017)