Abandoned by his father, orphaned by his drug-addled mother, and devastated by the murder of his sister, Michael McKeon was once a hardened "street dog who learned to play in traffic." Years later, Michael is now a Bowdoin College professor with a wife and adopted daughter. When he creates a microbe that instantly cleans up any oil spill, no matter how large, by devouring the oil, that discovery should be the breakthrough that defines a career. But the microbiologist's life is ruined when The Global Group kidnaps his wife and daughter, forcing him to use his microbe to destroy all Saudi and Russian oil. As Michael races against the clock to save his family, he becomes a threat to the secret efforts of the American, Russian and Saudi governments to douse the flames in the Middle East by implementing a new Marshall Plan. Haunted by the loss of one family and determined not to lose another, Michael will do anything to save his wife and daughter, even if it means throwing the world into chaos. And heaven help anyone, even his own government, who tries to stop him. From the moment Michael's family is kidnapped, the action never stops, propelling him relentlessly from Bowdoin College's deceptively tranquil campus in Brunswick, Maine, to a hidden laboratory in the United Arab Emirates; to Abqaiq in the desolate and unforgiving Empty Quarter; to the bitter isolation of the Sakhalin Island oil fields off Russia's far eastern coast; and to the final showdown in an isolated dacha outside Moscow, where Michael may not survive the ultimate betrayal of discovering who is really behind The Global Group.
From Riyadh to London, Boston to Moscow, An Unbeaten Man is a nail-biting race against time. When a secret scientific breakthrough to convert oil to gas can be weaponized, an international group of spies and traitors decides to steal it. This is a story bristling with intrigue and rich with insider detail. If you like spy thrillers, this is your cup of ricin. -- Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassins An Unbeaten Man is a first-class thriller that starts with a fascinating premise-that a microbe can destroy petroleum stocks-and spins into a story of international intrigue, suspense, and maximum mayhem. This well-crafted novel offers compelling characters, believable science, exotic settings, and plenty of surprises. Highly recommended! --Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of The Kraken Project and Blue Labyrinth This one delivers on every level and will hold you tight until all is revealed. So sit back, strap yourself in, and enjoy the thrill ride. I definitely did. --Steve Berry, bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series ... takes readers on an electrifying race to stop a conspiracy guaranteed to tear the world apart. Ripped from the headlines, An Unbeaten Man delivers a tight, no holds barred international thriller-a masterful web of twists and turns guaranteed to delight the most discerning technothriller reader." --Steven Konkoly, author the bestselling Black Flagged thriller series. This one delivers on every level and will hold you tight until all is revealed. So sit back, strap yourself in, and enjoy the thrill ride. I definitely did. --Steve Berry, bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series ... takes readers on an electrifying race to stop a conspiracy guaranteed to tear the world apart. Ripped from the headlines, An Unbeaten Man delivers a tight, no holds barred international thriller-a masterful web of twists and turns guaranteed to delight the most discerning technothriller reader." --Steven Konkoly, author the bestselling Black Flagged thriller series.
