Paroxysm

Mad as Hell - and Loving It!Ruthless mercenaries, hired by an ex-Pentagon chemical-weapons designer turned rogue, take over a small town in Oregon. The plan: use the citizenry as guinea pigs in a test-run of a bootlegged bio-agent for an Islamist terror organization.But something goes wrong and the mercs and their clients find themselves surrounded by townsfolk who have turned into hyper-coordinated killing machines.PAROXYSM is an action-packed tale about the seductive power of righteous violence, about how ordinary people can explode when fate gives them the power to hit back.Praise for Matthew Hughes:&quote;Matthew Hughes does Jack Vance better than anyone except Jack himself&quote; - George R.R. Martin&quote;Heir apparent to Jack Vance&quote; - Booklist&quote;Hughes's boldness is admirable&quote;- New York Review of Science Fiction&quote;Hughes effortlessly renders fantastic worlds and beings believable&quote;- Publishers Weekly&quote;A towering talent&quote;- Robert J. Sawyer&quote;A treasure&quote; - David Gerrold