"Jason Bourne meets 12 Monkeys." Richard Simon Smith, author of the forthcoming book Offshore "Blennerhassett's reversal satire burns so hot and fast -- it's too exciting to read before bed. The Death of Birth doesn't just pack a punch -- it's "haymaker after haymaker, right to the canvas." Ashley Little, author of Anatomy of a Girl Gang Imagine a world where every conspiracy theory turns out to be true... In an alternate reality where mankind never recovered from the Great Recession, Eric Samson is a washed up hockey player turned jaded journalist. Used to covering organized crime, he's been dumped to the science beat. The work is dull, until a groundbreaking discovery involving genetics falls in his lap. But the technology involved has dark implications, and the geneticist responsible, Dr. Michael Waters, has vanished. Eric's investigation attracts the attention of a mysterious hit squad, as well as Dr. Waters' former patient, Alison. She claims he cured her of a fatal virus, and that he's hiding out in Nicaragua. One step ahead of the assassins, Eric and Alison pick up the doctor's trail. They discover that Waters' reckless experiment flirts with humanity's extinction. In a race against time, Eric will have to make a fateful choice: sell himself out, keep the peace and build a life with Alison, or go public and release the ultimate conspiracy theory to the world. Patrick Blennerhassett is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author.