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The Poison Secret

by Gregg Loomis
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In the year 88 BC, King Mithradates of Anatolia died suddenly after an apparent poisoning. His son, Prince Mithradates, then disappeared for seven years into the woods where he collected hemlock plants and other deadly poisons. Upon his return, he shared a fatal meal with his mother and brother. Mithradates, who ultimately became King, somehow left the meal unharmed.


In modern-day Turkey, a young boy endures a bite from a venomous viper. His doctor reports that the child experienced no ill effects and suggests the existence of a universal immunity in his blood, possibly as a descendant of Mithradates. And then the battle over his blood sample begins, attracting vigilantes who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the immunity. They even go so far as to steal young boy’s hematology reports—and then murder the doctor who made the discovery.

Word of the discovery made in his Holt Foundation children’s hospital quickly spreads across continents to Lang Reilly. Lang decides he and his wife, Gurt, must travel to Turkey to get to the bottom of these tragic events. Soon after arriving in Trabzon, Turkey, Lang’s house is burglarized, his rental car is attacked by phony police officers, and his wife is abducted from their hotel room by members of the Turkish mafia. Lang’s life is not the only one in danger, and he must work fast to gain possession of the immunity before it is too late.

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Book details

Author
Gregg Loomis
Imprint
Turner Publishing Company
Published
Formats
Paperback
Subjects
Fiction › Thrillers
Fiction › Action & Adventure
Topics
action thriller · poison and antidotes · ancient history · conspiracy fiction · immunity research · historical mystery · medical thriller · King Mithradates
ISBN-13
9781630260064

About the author

GREGG LOOMIS is an American thriller writer whose books have been licensed for translation in Holland, Russia, Turkey, and the Czech Republic. His recent books include The Poison Secret, The Cathar Secret and The Pegasus Secret.

Loomis was nominated for Writer of the Year–Fiction by the Georgia Writers Association.

When he’s not writing, Loomis has worked as a commercial pilot, a racecar driver, and a lawyer specializing in commercial litigation. That career in law and high-stakes professional life informs the suspense at the heart of his fiction.

Gregg lives in Atlanta.

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Format: Paperback