Cold Burn
- Authors: A J Landau
- Series: Book 2 in the National Parks Thriller series
- Genres: Thriller
- Rank:Top 1000 in Best Terrorism Thrillers Books on Amazon
- Rating: 4.3 based on 143 reviews
- Release Date: April 29, 2025
- Print length: 336 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
Agent Michael Walker returns to investigate multiple deaths at Glacier Bay National Park, which are just the beginning of a potential worldwide catastrophe. Park Service investigator Michael Walker is tackling smugglers who are stealing priceless artifacts when he is sent to Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. Here, a group of scientists has disappeared, marking the start of a global crisis. Meanwhile, FBI special investigator Gina Delgado is looking into the murder of an environmental science intern in Florida's Everglades National Park.
This leads her to another team from the U.S. Geological Survey who are causing harm to the delicate ecosystem. She is then called to investigate a submerged U.S. nuclear submarine, where all the crew members have been mysteriously killed. The link between these cases is a dangerous prehistoric organism that has been frozen for thousands of years in the ice. With global warming, this organism is brought back to life, posing a threat to all life on Earth.
A rogue billionaire sees it as a valuable fuel source, while a Russian leader views it as a powerful weapon that could change the global balance of power forever. Walker and Delgado must now fight against this ancient, unstoppable enemy on multiple fronts to save the world.