The Dying Fields

What happens when the scientists working to save the earth from the destructive forces of global warming become the ones who need saving?When world leaders can no longer ignore the impact of global warming, they begin to mobilize the scientific community to combat the dire consequences of the earth's decline.While an elite group of American scientists works feverishly to address the lack of food, pollution, resource depletion, and the overall failing health of the nation, they must battle politics, greed and the very real threat to their safety.. As nations across the globe struggle to feed its citizens, a state of panic ensues. Politicians disagree on to how to handle the crisis and groups emerge that seek to exploit the catastrophic conditions. "Profit Terrorists," as they are labeled by the government, set a plan in place to gain control over research efforts to reverse the effects of global warming. With great wealth at stake, the fanatics will stop at nothing to get what they want including the abduction and death of prominent scientists. These drastic measures put young researchers, Roya Michaels and Finn Murphy right in the middle of the crisis and in harm's way.Roya Michaels is anything but the typical college student. Plant germination fascinates her. She loves to rocks out to the Beatles and she actually likes spending time with her parents. Not to mention, she is also a brilliant scientist. Their secluded compound on the tropical island of Kauai provides the perfect environment for Roya and her mothers, Jan and Marylu Michaels to conduct their experiments on the genetic manipulation of plants. As part of the scientific community who recognized the impending effects of global warming early on, the Michaels have devoted their lives to creating a more sustainable food supply. Their daughter, Roya, is equally passionate about this mission. Finn Murphy's life couldn't be more different than that of Roya Michaels. As the son of FBI agent, Pat Murphy, and financial officer for the Treasury Department, Karon Murphy, Finn lives in the hectic pace of the metropolitan DC area. Finn's desire to help others leads him to medical school at John Hopkins and an internship at Children's National Medical Center in a research project on childhood malnutrition.Having a price tag on their heads and a target on their backs brings Roya and Finn together in their resolve to continue their work, even when their search for solutions to global warming places them in danger and puts them on a collision course with long-buried secrets from the past that will change their lives.The Dying Fields is the first book in the trilogy that follows the lives of Roya Michaels and Finn Murphy in the battle for survival: their own and that of mankind.