The Chimera Seed - Paperback

As the sole heir to his late father's pharmaceutical company, Michael Tiernan inherits more than just the struggling family business. Following a reluctant trip to Sardinia to settle his father's assets, Michael discovers he is not only part owner of an extraordinary vineyard but of the key to immortality itself. The experimental drug Dionysinol is the culmination of his father's life's work and has the potential to transform human existence, but at what cost? The phenomenal aging remedy is at the center of a dangerous tug-of-war motivated by greed, corruption and revenge in this tense tale of pharmaceutical espionage. Awards: 2011 Eric Hoffer Award (Honorable Mention, Commercial Fiction) 2009 USA Book News National Book Award (Finalist, General Fiction) Membership: The Authors Guild