The Benefactor's Monkey, as an edge-of-your-seat thriller, weaves a colourful tapestry of fact and fiction. The blend of descriptive imagery and factual ideas suggest how the New Death was born, and why. It leaves the reader thinking: "Could this really be true?" In 1978 a deadly new virus arrived in war-torn Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). By 1980, local doctors referred to it as AIDS, however it was not identified in the American and French medical journals until 1983. This lapse in medical history begs the question, "Was the virus actually man made and released deliberately?" The Benefactor's Monkey involves spies and lies, and elicits the intrigue and bloodshed of the brutal terrorist war that took place in Rhodesia. However, as the fighting continued, those on both sides of the savage conflict faced another deadly threat, one that took all as prisoners and favoured none. By the time AIDS was officially recognised, the hostilities were nearly over, although this New Death went on to claim far more lives than the bullets, bombs, landmines and other implements of war. Author Christopher Morten was one of the first to be told of the New Death, and The Benefactor's Monkey is sensational representation of his knowledge. The plot moves quickly about the globe and exposes much of the Morten's personal knowledge of Africa, gained over half a lifetime spent on that continent. Despite a moving love story, this is not a "happy ending" book. The subject is far too dark for that, the forces far too intolerant. The tapestry itself, though drenched in blood, retains images of hope. The story line moves rapidly, building to a crescendo and a final quirk, further encouraging the question: "How much of this is true?" "The Benefactor's Monkey offers an hypothesis supporting the medical conspiracy theory based on the author's extraordinary experiences in Africa. If he's right, then the current Ebola outbreak may be the second use of medical genocide to control the world's soaring population."
The Benefactor's Monkey, as an edge-of-your-seat thriller, weaves a colourful tapestry of fact and fiction. The blend of descriptive imagery and factual ideas suggest how the New Death was born, and why. It leaves the reader thinking: "Could this really be true?" In 1978 a deadly new virus arrived in war-torn Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). By 1980, local doctors referred to it as AIDS, however it was not identified in the American and French medical journals until 1983. This lapse in medical history begs the question, "Was the virus actually man made and released deliberately?" The Benefactor's Monkey involves spies and lies, and elicits the intrigue and bloodshed of the brutal terrorist war that took place in Rhodesia. However, as the fighting continued, those on both sides of the savage conflict faced another deadly threat, one that took all as prisoners and favoured none. By the time AIDS was officially recognised, the hostilities were nearly over, although this New Death went on to claim far more lives than the bullets, bombs, landmines and other implements of war. Author Christopher Morten was one of the first to be told of the New Death, and The Benefactor's Monkey is sensational representation of his knowledge. The plot moves quickly about the globe and exposes much of the Morten's personal knowledge of Africa, gained over half a lifetime spent on that continent. Despite a moving love story, this is not a "happy ending" book. The subject is far too dark for that, the forces far too intolerant. The tapestry itself, though drenched in blood, retains images of hope. The story line moves rapidly, building to a crescendo and a final quirk, further encouraging the question: "How much of this is true?" "The Benefactor's Monkey offers an hypothesis supporting the medical conspiracy theory based on the author's extraordinary experiences in Africa. If he's right, then the current Ebola outbreak may be the second use of medical genocide to control the world's soaring population."