The Last Ten Degrees

It's July 2036. Inside his Super Prius, Dr. Jeremy Stone carries his newest lab creation, a nanomachine potentiallycapable of curing lung cancer. He's taking it from San Diego to Denver for a phase III clinical trial.Driving through the desert Southwest, Stone encounters unrealtemperature spikes, dust storms, climate-driven forest fires, andwater bandits.That same month, amid an epidemic of Valley Fever in Phoenix,Rachael Weiss, director of public health for the state, is mystified bya strange outbreak of unrelated deaths in local emergency rooms.When DNA sequencing of the patients reveals a dead end, Weiss isforced to call in an expert from the Boston area.As additional facts come to light about Stone's nanomachine, andpeople continue to die in the Valley of the Sun, Weiss franticallysearches for an answer.The Last Ten Degrees is a climate thriller that explores the intersectionof ego-driven science, decades of drought, and a rapidly changingdesert landscape. Fans of Michael Crichton will enjoy the hardscience aspects of the book. Others will find a thoughtful descriptionof possible future climate scenarios.