Successful Farming and @griculture Online writer Kate Iola uses this suspense thriller to tell the "what if" of one of the worst catastrophes that could hit American agriculture: an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Read it and ask yourself: Am I ready? Is my community? Tike Lexington nearly has her life back in order when the calls start: Someone is paging her from morgues around the country. Complications escalate as she becomes tangled in the latest scheme of an international con man who doesn't hesitate to use whatever is needed - bioterrorism, psychological manipulation, seduction, or murder - to get what he wants. Deadstock is a novel, but the story could--unfortunately--become real. The biological weapon used by Deadstock villain Pennti Ruotila is FMD: Foot-and-mouth disease. FMD, a real disease, has been called "the #1 threat to US agriculture." Kate Iola is using Deadstock to work with officials and industry to raise awareness about FMD preparedness. Fiction, Paperback, 302 pages (first 500 copies autographed): $14.95 |