Characters

dr. Peter Thomason/Pyotr Trofomov

Doctor Pyotr Trofimov is a gifted scientist at the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics when Russia’s leadership changes from Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin. In the upheaval, Trofimov is recruited by the U.S. government to join an exceptional team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Still grieving the tragic loss of his wife, Natalia, Trofimov agrees. He changes his name to Peter Thomason. For the next twenty years, he develops a revolutionary treatment to alter cell DNA in the brain’s behavior areas. The results cure psychopathic behavior—the treatment program, code-named The Purification.

Brad Zanger

A special forces stint in Afghanistan and hard police work pushed Brad Zanger to a mental breakdown, murder, and prison life sentence. Wanting to freedom and to reunite with his wife, Elizabeth, he agrees to be the first human trial for The Purification. Zanger’s brain is removed and treated in a unique sphere. He lives in a cyber world incredibly close to reality. As his treatment takes effect, Zanger realizes he acquired unlimited learning capacity. Zanger spends time contemplating how to use his new abilities as a vigilante for justice when he returns to a world in great need of it.

Elizabeth zanger

Elizabeth Zanger has stood by her husband, Brad, through some tough times. That is, until she discovers her husband has volunteered for a mind-altering program that will free him from prison. Regardless of assurances that her husband will be cured, she fears his release. In her effort to stop the program, she has placed herself directly in the path of a madman who wants her husband dead.

cyrus vansickle

Cyrus Vansickle grew up in a religious household. It was not enough to keep him from spiraling into illegal behavior in the military. After a dishonorable discharge, he becomes a soldier of fortune. When hired to steal the Purification technology, he cannot let the lab’s ungodly behavior go unpunished. As God’s prophet, he vows to destroy the lab and everyone in it.

Samson Collins III

As CEO of ColSci, Collins built a business empire on government contracts to provide scientific technology. The company has lost its position as a trusted source, placing ColSci on the brink of ruin. When ColSci is passed over for a contract for The Purification, Collins swears revenge. Stealing the program’s technology to resurrect his company is the perfect way to exact it.