Going Viral - Nick Wyckoff

Martin Knudsen is nearing the end of his life and makes the fateful decision to trade his company’s classified research in exchange for medical treatment to extend his life so that he can spend more time with his daughter. He transferred decades of research in secret to the Kalisun Initiative, a conglomerate of rich billionaires with deep ties to the military attempting to colonize the moon.

No sooner has the treatment begun when an unexpected enemy interferes, threatening to expose everything. As the local police and FBI close in, the KaliSun Initiative sends a specialist to contain the damage before the local media frenzy exposes the deal.

Using his influence with local politicians, Martin has the police chief assign the specialist to work with the detective in charge to find the person responsible. Working against the clock, the new partners search the drought parched southern California landscape, doing what ever it takes to prevent the problem from Going Viral….

The KaliSun Initiative is a science fiction series starting in the near future and spanning decades. It’s a mixture of short stories and novels that explore the KaliSun Initiative’s efforts to colonize space against the backdrop of a cold war between the United States and China, industrial espionage, secret research programs, and the absolute danger of space. The challenges associated with this push for the stars lay bare the mortal peril to those involved, forcing them to answer a dark question. What cost are they willing to pay to shape their destiny?