Aqualene: A Renewable Energy Thriller

by P.K. Brown

World oil supplies are in a free-fall, with gasoline rationing at $17 a gallon. Aqualene will cost less than a dollar if Adam Harlow can get his formula to NASA before Big Oil gets to him. Besieged by runaway infl ation and horrifi c unemployment, the White House quietly forms a pact with Beijing to produce a viable alternative to gasoline; a last-ditch scheme to avoid total economic collapse. Hidden from a scandalous energy sector, Aqualene, a remarkable water-based fuel is born deep inside a NASA laboratory. Only sabotage can explain its mysterious destruction, calling for hundreds of top minds to resurrect the complex formula. Wary of threats by vested oil interests, a Seattle mineralogist reluctantly joins the search. A murder inside his makeshift lab amongst the ruins of Old Seattle suggests Adam Harlow is on to something big and dangerous! Can one man with a secret so vital to global stability stand up to the most powerful oil mogul, and avert a U.S. nuclear confrontation with China? From the bowels of Underground Seattle and the dizzy orbits of the International Space Station to the deadly labyrinths of a covert California refi nery, Aqualene ignites adventure and intrigue. ReaderViews: Timely, compelling! The Free Weekly: Aqualene delivers an explosive journey to energy independence! Visit Brown at: www.aqualinebook.blogspot.com

366 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008