Brother must oppose brother on an increasingly fraught international stage, with the stakes: the free will of every human on earth. Paul sees the fungus as the next stage of human evolution, while Neil is convinced that it is driving its human hosts to destruction. In his latest book, THE GENIUS PLAGUE, a pandemic threatens to destabilize world governments by exerting a subtle mind control over survivors. Dick Award for the best SF paperback published in the United States for that year. Meanwhile Paul becomes increasingly secretive and erratic. David’s first novel, TERMINAL MIND, won the 2008 Philip K. Neil soon uncovers a secret and unexplained alliance between governments that have traditionally been enemies. But that's not the only pattern-the survivors, from entire remote Brazilian tribes to American tourists, all seem to be working toward a common, and deadly, goal. Meanwhile, something is happening in South America others, like Paul, have also fallen ill and recovered with abilities they didn't have before.

But once he recuperates, he has enhanced communication, memory, and pattern recognition. Novelist and engineer David Walton infuses his latest novel with adventure, spycraft, humor, and shudders. Paul returns with a gap in his memory and a fungal infection that almost kills him. David Walton Pyr (Oct 3, 2017) Softcover 14.95 978-1-63388-343-7 The Genius Plague freshens up the nature-versus-man archetypewe may never look at mushrooms the same way again. One brother wants to spread the fungus for the betterment of all, while the other sees the horrors it delivers and fights to stop it.

Neil Johns has just started his dream job as a code breaker in the NSA when his brother, Paul, a mycologist, goes missing on a trip to collect samples in the Amazon jungle. With a mysterious fungus spreading across the world, taking control of humanity and threating all of mankind, two brothers race to stop each other from gaining control while the fate of mankind hangs in the balance. WINNER of the 2018 Campbell Award for Best Novel A WALL STREET JOURNAL Best Science Fiction Book of 2017 In this science fiction thriller, brothers are pitted against each other as a pandemic threatens to destabilize world governments by exerting a subtle mind control over survivors.

The Genius Plague by David Walton