Genetic engineering. Corrupt corporations. Survivalists. A bankrupt government. Anonymous hackers and a computer-generated genome.
All are pieces of the same fatal puzzle that can only be solved by the crew of the first manned mission to Mars. Hunted across America in a cat-and-mouse pursuit by faceless assassins, time is running out for the crew, who must solve the puzzle if the Earth is to be saved.
Joel lives with his wife and family in New Plymouth, New Zealand. After completing two science degrees in the eighties, Joel worked (variously) as an analytical chemist, bartender, journalist, violin teacher, and as a chemical plant supervisor before training as a high school teacher, his current profession. When he is not teaching or writing, Joel spends his time with his family on the local surf beaches and walking on the neighbourhood volcano. "Jigsaw" is his first novel with Mundania Press.