Ailing millionaire medical entrepreneur Scott Reid believes that his symptoms are caused by cytomegalovirus-a nonlethal cousin of HIV. But when lab tests indicate otherwise, he learns that he may have been deliberately injected with HIV-2 tainted blood.

Who would want him dead? He begins a desperate marathon-to convince others of what he suspects-that he has been murdered.

As the story moves from the steamy jungles of Africa to the money smog of the L.A. lifestyle, to Washington, D.C., the Netherlands Antilles, and beyond, Reid discovers HIV has become more than a virus-it's big business-and for some, an extremely profitable one.

Like the relentless, icy drip of fluid into the IV line, Tainted Blood pulls the reader into a terminally-thrilling story of seductive wealth, medical mayhem, political conspiracy and ultimate madness-and a chilling new twist on AIDS.

About the author
Thomas C. McCollum III founded and was Chairman of the Board of HML Medical, Inc. he was also a director of Kallestad Laboratories, Inc. and American Stock Exchange immunodiagnostics company. He traveled three continents and spent over two years researching and writing this, his first novel. He is currently working on his second novel, Palmer Lake.