FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAN COFFEY...

Winner of the Connecticut Press Club Award for Best Novel!

PEACE AND WAR, FRIEND AND FOE, LIFE AND DEATH... A PERILOUS JOURNEY HOME!

Fahimah Banaz has been wrongly held in a CIA "black site" for over five years. Now, as cases of unexplained deaths—marked by rapid decomposition—are cropping up across the US, Homeland Security is willing to bend any rule to find the source of the deadly infection, even if it means resurrecting a "dead" Iraqi biochemist. Fahimah's sister risked her life trying to destroy the super-microbe that causes the flesh-eating disease. Fahimah tried, too, but landed in prison.

Austyn Newman was sent to gain the cooperation of the scientist. Arriving in Afghanistan, he recognizes that the CIA has been holding the wrong sister all these years. They need her, but how will he gain her trust?

With time running out, Austyn must help Fahimah find her way through war-ravaged Iraq and Kurdistan...for the answer lies at the end of her journey home...

What they're saying about THE JANUS EFFECT...

"A powerful story. Thriller, suspense, medical thriller, history, it's all there, wrapped up in a story to break any thinking person's heart. Lies and deception; truth and brutal honesty; and above all the agony of a people forgotten, written off by a culture that cares not for those who are crushed under the weight of a brutal, sadistic war machine. With heartbreaking twists at the end, this story written from the outlook of someone who loves the country and its people should be honored for both it's excellence and heart." - GoodReads Review

"A journey through a world very much like our with war and just simply trying to survive. It is as I come to expect from Jan Coffey, well written and developed characters and plots that are true to life experiences. I have hence read this one two more times since my first read and still love it!" - GoodReads Review

[Previously published as The Deadliest Strain]