Black Harvest — Alex Lukeman

Book Four in the PROJECT thriller series. Three world experts on crop disease discover a secret from the time of Alexander the Great and are brutally murdered...A centuries-old conspiracy plots to destroy much of the world's food supply as part of a plan for world domination...The PROJECT team must stop a traitor and prevent a world-wide disaster...The hunt for answers leads Nick Carter and Selena Connor to Greece, Bulgaria and the United States. In a series of life and death confrontations they encounter unlikely allies, an ancient legacy of bio-warfare and a cover up with ominous implications for freedom.James Campbell is a world expert in crop viruses. He discovers nine clay tablets from ancient Persia containing a clue to the location of a golden urn marked with the curse of a Greek goddess, part of treasure seized by Alexander the Great during the fall of Babylon. Then he's horribly murdered, along with two of his colleagues. Campbell has been working on a secret bio-warfare program for the Pentagon. The murders get the attention of Elizabeth Harker, Director of a covert intelligence unit called the Project. Nick Carter is The Project team leader. He struggles with old injuries and PTSD from his years as a combat Marine. Nick is deeply conflicted about his lover and teammate, Selena Connor. Selena's been with the Project for less than a year. She's having a hard time dealing with the mayhem that goes with her job and her feelings about Nick.Nick and Selena follow a bloody trail through Greece, Bulgaria and America, uncovering a heartless plan to destroy half the world's food supply, part of a strategy by a centuries-old conspiracy to achieve world domination. It will kill millions if it succeeds and time's running out--it's set to happen soon.Harker is forced to make an unheard of alliance to try and stop the plot and avoid possible war with Russia. All the while, a high-placed traitor does his best to sabotage the Project at every turn. The surprise ending foreshadows the next book in the series.BLACK HARVEST is a contemporary international thriller of intrigue, patriotism, romance and treachery.The PROJECT Series: WHITE JADE, THE LANCE, THE SEVENTH PILLAR, BLACK HARVEST. Book Five in the series will be available late in 2012.