A Hard Left - Paperback

by Paul McGrath (Author)

A high-velocity fusion of techno-thriller and first-contact sci-fi.

In this explosive third novel in Paul McGrath's award-winning Terran Incognita Series, Russian disinformation masterminds and a ruthless Texas tech billionaire are about to unleash a "data vacuum cleaner" that can rip through the world's financial systems--and hand Moscow unprecedented power. Deep underground in Virginia, a vanished prisoner suddenly reappears in a different body, forcing the FBI to reopen the most bizarre case in its history. And at the center of it all are two off-the-books Xylodonian Guardians, hiding in plain sight as a small-town Mississippi couple, quietly using alien tech to freeze militias, topple traffickers, and derail mass killers before they strike.

As FBI agents start connecting impossible events--from a sex-slave compound in Idaho to a congressional hearing where everyone mysteriously "stopped"--the hunters and the hunted are set on a collision course that spans West Texas bunkers, St. Petersburg troll farms, and secret bases far beyond Earth.

Smart, sharp, and almost plausible, A Hard Left delivers cutting-edge cyber intrigue, dark humor, and near-future thrills with a cosmic twist.

Author Biography

Paul McGrath is an award-winning journalist and educator whose career spans five decades. He spent thirty-seven years working at the Houston Chronicle after stints in Conroe, Lubbock, and Lockhart, Texas. McGrath graduated from Texas A&M University and earned a master's degree from Marist College. He and his wife, Liz, live on a tranquil fish-filled lake near Houston, Texas.