An opening'''night spectacle. A vanished woolly rhino. A demand to trade one life for two.
At New Mexico’s cutting‑edge Pleistocene BioPark, veterinarian Dr. Ludmilla ‘Milly’ Smith has two jobs: keep resurrected megafauna alive—and keep the people in power from getting them killed. On the eve of a donor gala, that balance shatters when a global pop star who could be Milly’s mirror image walks into the park and straight into the sights of the forces that have been hunting Milly for months.
As a winter storm locks down the BioPark, armed men and their enigmatic leader turn de‑extinct predators into tools and Milly into a target. Moving through exhibits and frozen forest, she must work with the one man she trusts least but needs most—brilliant, secretive geneticist Dr. Luther Nikolai—to track a missing animal and stay ahead of a killer who shares her face.
To protect her friend, a newborn baby, and the creatures in her care, Milly has to face the truth about her own origin and decide who she is when every version of her can be bought, copied, or erased. If she fails, a prehistoric bloodline ends again—and the people she loves pay the price.
Shattered is a high‑stakes mystery and bio‑thriller featuring:
At New Mexico’s cutting‑edge Pleistocene BioPark, veterinarian Dr. Ludmilla ‘Milly’ Smith has two jobs: keep resurrected megafauna alive—and keep the people in power from getting them killed. On the eve of a donor gala, that balance shatters when a global pop star who could be Milly’s mirror image walks into the park and straight into the sights of the forces that have been hunting Milly for months.
As a winter storm locks down the BioPark, armed men and their enigmatic leader turn de‑extinct predators into tools and Milly into a target. Moving through exhibits and frozen forest, she must work with the one man she trusts least but needs most—brilliant, secretive geneticist Dr. Luther Nikolai—to track a missing animal and stay ahead of a killer who shares her face.
To protect her friend, a newborn baby, and the creatures in her care, Milly has to face the truth about her own origin and decide who she is when every version of her can be bought, copied, or erased. If she fails, a prehistoric bloodline ends again—and the people she loves pay the price.
Shattered is a high‑stakes mystery and bio‑thriller featuring:
- De‑extinct creatures (woolly rhinos, mammoths, Quinkanas, ‘giganto’ apes) in a snow‑bound, near‑future zoo
A found‑family cast of keepers, bioengineers, and scientists caught between ethics and profit
A sister''versus‑sister conspiracy involving elite hunters, illegal cloning, and a dangerous billionaire’s games
Fans of Jurassic Park, Douglas and Alethea Preston’s Extinction series, and mystery thrillers with strong, science‑savvy heroines will enjoy this fourth book in the De‑Extinct Zoo Mystery series.
Genre: Thriller