The Dragon's Claw - Paperback

by Gerold Yonas (Author)

At America's premier research lab in New Mexico, birthplace of the atomic bomb, the race is on to save humanity.

Dr. Alek Spray and his team are on the verge of a breakthrough that could produce clean, unlimited energy. In the wrong hands, the same technology could become a deadly weapon. As Alek struggles to create a transformative energy source, he faces pressure from the U.S. government to apply his findings to building a weapon of mass destruction. After a mysterious laboratory accident and the disappearance of two of the team's members, Alek joins forces with FBI Agent Gabi Stebbens to uncover who else is trying to harness this new technology. Their investigation that takes them to Mexico and China, where they discover a plot by a rogue Chinese general using Mexican drug-cartel money to develop a lethal beam-weapon called the Dragon's CLAW. If Alek and Gabi cannot stop this rogue alliance it will create a new arms race and Alek's dream of changing the world by creating limitless clean energy will come to an end.

Author Biography

Dr. Gerold Yonas, a physicist and engineer, served as chief scientist for Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars, project, and worked as a vice president at the Los Alamos National Laboratory counterpart, Sandia Labs. His writing draws on his insider experience within the world's most secret and advanced labs, on his background in weapons and neuroscience technology, and on his experience with the complex politics of energy research and national defense.