Tyler Chapman was in Paradise, fly fishing in a North Carolina mountain stream. He had no idea that he was about to become the first victim of a terrifying deadly virus. Gerard Hansen, the author of Neogenesis, weaves a dramatic tale of a mysterious epidemic, and a team of workaholic scientists trying to stop it. Megan Selby from the CDC tries to balance team leadership, parenting twin toddlers, and a husband in Africa on a humanitarian mission. Jamal Winston, a young neurologist, is forced to step up and confront the monster disease. Jack Dahlkemper, a former college linebacker turned scientist questions whether the source of the disease is demonic.A young intrepid reporter, Nick Polakov, is trying to expose a massive international stock fraud scheme. Undercover agent, Sandi Meyerson, has been assigned to secretly protect him from a vague, but deadly, assassination plot. Predictably, professionalism and romance collide, endangering both of them.Both teams converge to discover a secret cabal of wealthy and powerful men whose ultimate goal is global domination.Gerard Hansen is an experienced innovator, who holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and an advanced degree in management. This background has enabled him to create a chilling work of fiction with a haunting edge of reality. The Artemis Conspiracy is the second of a trilogy, featuring familiar characters from Neogenesis.