A trip to an island off the New England coastβand away from the demands of police workβmight be just what is needed to jumpstart Detective Doyle Carrick and Nola Watkinsβ stalled relationship. But a mysterious plague is killing the islandβs bees. Nola takes a job at an organic farm hit hard by the disease, working for the rich, handsome, and annoying Teddy, with whom she quickly becomes a little too friendly for Doyleβs liking. When Teddyβs estranged father offers Doyle a big payday to keep his son out of trouble until he can close a big government contractβand when Doyle meets Annalisa, a beautiful researcher studying the beesβDoyle decides to stick around.
Stoma Corporation, a giant biotech company, moves in with genetically modified super bees that supposedly are the answer to the worldβs bee crisis. As tension grows between protestors and a private army of thugs, Doyle realizes that bees arenβt the only thing being modified. Annalisaβs coworkers start to go missing, and she and Doyle uncover a dark, deadly, and terrifying secret. Things spin violently out of control on the tiny island, and when Doyle closes in on what Stoma Corporation is really up to, he must race to stop them before their plot succeeds, and spreads to the mainland and the world.
Deadout is the thrilling follow-up to McGoranβs highly acclaimed novel, Drift.
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