Ronald D. Perkins

Currents of Deceit Ronald D. Perkins

Currents of Deceit begins in Key West, Florida, where Scott Simmons, a fisheries biologist and his girlfriend, Linda Stevens, a biochemistry graduate student, discover disturbing amounts of toxins in the local fish population. The search for the source of the pollutants leads to an isolated Caribbean island where marine scientists conducting field research inadvertently interfere with the ambitious plans of an unscrupulous petrochemical company in collusion with a corrupt island government. Deception, contrived arrests, expulsion, and murder intertwine before natural forces trigger an environmental disaster with far-reaching consequences that could impact the marine ecosystem for decades to come. Will the truth ever come out? Will justice prevail? There are many twists, turns and surprising developments as the story unfolds before these questions are answered. Could such an environmental disaster actually happen? Perhaps it already has. View images that inspired this novel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN1chyCIkC0