Ralph Beamer holds a Master of Science in chemistry from Texas A&M University and worked in the petroleum industry for more than thirty years. He has a keen interest in alternate energy solutions and spends several hours a week scanning articles and technical papers for ideas. He grew up in the mid-west, has lived in seven different states, and currently resides in north-central Georgia.
A crude oil tank farm is attacked in Oklahoma, and a sugarcane hybrid is destroyed in Louisiana. When Tylor York and his group investigate, they encounter a hidden world of abduction, extortion, sabotage, and murder-bent on crippling America's fuel supply. At risk are the lives of his group, two hundred unwitting hostages, the future of renewable fuels in America, and a possible war in the Middle East.
