Secret Keeper: Pursuit of the Cannibals

Courtney Wesley and her lover, Dr. Josh Ledbetter, are working as medicalmissionaries in the Congo when Ledbetter falls victim to a mysterious and violentdisease. They return home, and medical specialists in America are initially stumped.Doctors are then shocked to discover Ledbetter suffers from a new form of adevastating disease previously known to afflict only the cannibalistic people of PapuaNew Guinea.In order to avoid a Federal Isolation Order, Ledbetter flees, and Courtney vowsto heal her lover and save his life -- but is she already too late? His strange illnessmanifests itself in violent ways. Ledbetter's mind and body are both affected as hedevelops the unquenchable hunger for human flesh. He becomes a walking zombie,his murderous rampage infecting others with the disease from Dallas to the FrenchQuarter of New Orleans.Courtney is on his tail, but so are the authorities who want him dead. Driven byconcern, she returns to Africa with her father, where they set out to find a cure forLedbetter's mysterious disease. There, she makes the acquaintance of a witchdoctorby the name of L'ombo. He is the keeper of ancient secrets and holds the key tohealing Dr. Ledbetter. They must work together before the disease spreads furtherand America is infested with mindless cannibals.About theAuthorDavis L. Temple, Jr., PhD, is an established biomedical scientistand the author of four previous novels, Two Letters Then Booger Den,Preacherman, Voodoo Storm, and Dose of Insanity. He was therecipient of the Mississippi Author of the Year Award in 2004. He lives with his wife,Patty, and his Portuguese water dog, Pearl, in Bonita Springs, Florida, andGreensboro, Georgia.