The Year of the Rat: A Covid Origin Novel

By RD Hale

A closed-door policy symposium brings together global insiders to discuss an unthinkable solution to a looming crisis. By morning, one attendee is dead.

Dallas physician Patrick Rivera never makes it home.

His cousin, Dr. Pat Rivera, arrives to claim the body, only to find a rushed cremation, missing records, and officials determined to shut down questions before they're asked.

Across the world, Senate aide Bart Kroonenberg accompanies Senator John Chapman on what should be a routine diplomatic visit to China. The trip turns deadly when Bart realizes the same people who silenced Patrick are watching him, and they have no intention of letting him leave alive.

As Pat retraces Patrick's final hours and Bart fights to stay one step ahead, a chilling truth comes into focus:

A manufactured pandemic.
A political cover-up.
A small circle of powerful players willing to sacrifice millions.

Patrick tried to stop them.

Now Pat and Bart may be the only men left who can expose the truth before it's too late.

A clean, fast-paced political conspiracy thriller packed with international intrigue and relentless suspense.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BTS3QJ9G
• ISBN13: 9798376324875
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"