Female Scientists

In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. In Ray, North Dakota, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school. In an age when girls rarely dreamed of a career in science, Mary wanted to be a chemist. A decade later, the dreams of these two disparate individuals would coalesce in ways neither could have imagined.

Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries - beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement.

When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, the world ends in ash and fire. For Harper Vega, it's just the beginning. Former Army medic Harper Vega is leading a wilderness survival course when the unthinkable happens—Yellowstone explodes in the largest volcanic eruption in human history. As ash clouds blot out the sun and civilization collapses, Harper finds herself responsible for keeping a group of strangers alive in a poisoned wasteland. But she's not alone. Quinn Marshall, a brilliant geologist haunted by loss, becomes Harper's unlikely partner in a desperate journey toward the Canadian...

Special Agent Lindsey Brant and horror writer James Archer are back, working for the clandestine agency, ZEST. Along with Clive Bauer and his team of elite operatives, they begin the manhunt for the bioterrorist known as Doctor X who is nearing completion of a new virus that will unleash Hell upon earth. After tracking their target to the Philippines, ZEST joins forces with the SEALs in an all-out strike to prevent Armageddon. With a double-agent in their midst, Brant and Archer will have to thwart assassins and an island of undead to save the world. That is, if they can survive each other ...

SHE SAVED HIS LIFE. NOW THEY’RE BOTH RUNNING FOR THEIRS. Dr. Abbigail Sutherland is no stranger to pressure. As an infectious disease specialist, she’s faced deadly outbreaks and red tape—but nothing prepared her for the night she’s called to a private lab and finds a man fighting for his life. A man the government wants silenced. Hauke knows exactly who he is—and exactly why they’re trying to erase him. Escaping a covert research facility was only the beginning. Now, with a deadly virus on the verge of release and a kill team on their trail, Hauke must trust a woman he barely ...

Daughters of Discovery The Untold Story of 8 Women Who Revolutionized Science, Math, and Medicine They changed science. They changed history. And the world forgot their names—until now. In Unsung Genius, discover the gripping, true stories of eight extraordinary women whose groundbreaking contributions in science, mathematics, and medicine reshaped the world—often in the face of fierce resistance, gender discrimination, and historical erasure. From Emmy Noether’s theoretical brilliance that underpins modern physics, to Mary Anning’s fossil discoveries that challenged biblical ...

In 1952, the world of science belongs to men—but Helen Reed refuses to accept that. On the brink of applying for her university’s doctoral program, Helen faces resistance from every direction: dismissive professors, condescending classmates, and a father who believes a woman's place is anywhere but a laboratory. When her dreams seem all but impossible, she makes the most daring decision of her life—leaving everything behind for the untamed coast of Baja, California. Determined to reach a remote island and conduct her research, Helen embarks on a journey that tests her courage at every...

There’s something nasty at the Institute… When Constance Wright took a job as secretary, she expected typing and filing. But with unconventional researchers working on everything from photographing ghosts to building the Giant Walking War Machine, the Institute isn't your usual workplace. Then she discovers a trail of clues – clues that may lead her to a fortune, if she can find it. And a killer is already on the hunt...

“Everybody lies. No one knows anyone.” Burgeoning young scientist Margot thought she had finally found happiness with her new husband Ryan, a microbiologist running a successful research laboratory. After several scientists die under suspicious circumstances, Ryan becomes obsessed with their murders, convinced the government is responsible. When a bioterrorist attack grips the nation, killing thousands of innocent civilians, Ryan becomes more isolated and secretive, drawing suspicion from everyone, including Margot. As a government agent closes in on Ryan, Margot races to find the proof...

After pioneering a life-saving transgenic drug treatment using plant DNA, Dr. Jessica McCallum is given the keys to the kingdom by multinational biotech corporation, Norvaldo. But when Jessica’s mentor usurps her research for unethical human experiments, his ambitions reap disastrous consequences... A young woman who died in a car crash is suddenly back among the living, wandering the streets of her Texas town with strange green eyes—and a dangerous appetite. As the bodies pile up, Jessica and her felonious ex-boyfriend must elude Norvaldo’s hired hitman and convince the town that the...

What would you do if you knew exactly when you would die? Like everyone else in the 24th century United States, ambitious young scientist Evergreen Mason knows the precise minute she will die. When she hears that a sixteen-year-old girl has surpassed her predicted lifespan, she is compelled to solve the existential riddle of what allowed her to be the only known survivor of her biological clock. But Evergreen’s unrelenting search for answers is not without peril. The shocking truth could bring society to its knees, and those in power will stop at nothing to keep it secret. Can Evergreen ...

A meningitis outbreak in their underprivileged neighborhood left Sylvia Acevedo's family forever altered. As she struggled in the aftermath of loss, young Sylvia's life transformed when she joined the Brownies. The Girl Scouts taught her how to take control of her world and nourished her love of numbers and science.

Dr. Riley North finds comfort in the quantifiable. Her world is one of sterile labs and cold, hard data, a fortress of logic she built to escape the chaotic legacy of her parents—two cryptozoologists who vanished in the Oregon wilderness twenty years ago. She believes that chapter of her life is sealed. But a phone call about an abandoned storage unit changes everything. Inside the dusty locker, Riley discovers her parents weren't just chasing myths. They were methodical scientists on the verge of a world-shattering discovery. Their worn journals, detailed maps, and a final, chilling ...

A Second Chance. A Deadly Secret. Grace, a brilliant young scientist with terminal cancer, is offered a revolutionary new treatment: a full body transplant. Reborn into the healthy body of a suicide victim, she is sworn to secrecy about her illicit surgery. But her miraculous recovery sparks suspicion. Grace becomes the target of an unseen enemy who is relentlessly hunting her, determined to unearth the truth and extinguish her borrowed life. Thrust into a sinister cat-and-mouse game, she fights for her life, love, and the very essence of who she is. The Body Transplant is a gripping ...

Agricultural scientists Jacob and Adira Henson arrived in Manhattan, Kansas in the usual way, in a borrowed van, under cover of night. Theirs is a perfect union. Smart. Funny. Loving. An amazing couple. Or are they? What secrets are being kept in the small two-bedroom apartment just off campus? What kind of scientists carry guns and bags of cash? Who are these mysterious people? As they scramble to prevent another bioterror attack by the Scientific Advancement Society’s terror network, this time on the nation’s corn crop, each day closer to harvest brings Jacob and Adira closer to each ...

Elena Foster has dedicated her career to studying the world’s most feared reptiles—but nothing could prepare her for the Black Mamba, Queen of the Outback. When reports surface of a colossal serpent that defies every rule in the field guide, Elena stakes her reputation on capturing definitive proof. Armed with cutting-edge sensors, silent cameras, and a fierce determination, she ventures deep into the red-rock canyons of Australia’s interior. What begins as a hunt for knowledge rapidly becomes a test of survival, as the queen’s cunning intelligence and territorial wrath push Elena ...

Ryan Telford and Claire McNamara are haunted, terrorized by ghosts of the thousands of people they murdered during The Blood Strain Attack, a vengeful act against a government they believe assassinated their friends and colleagues, scientists who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now they’re on the run, each one escaping to their own corner of the world. When Ryan’s wife Margot is kidnapped and brutally attacked, intelligence agents Alex and Jacob will go to the ends of the Earth to capture the bioterrorists turned cold-blooded killers, while Ryan prepares his most audacious ...

Microbiologist-turned-terrorist Ryan Telford is trapped. Locked in silent, perpetual darkness, the ghost of his wife Margot his only companion. She sadistically taunts him as he burns with a delirious fever, convinced every hallucination-filled night will be his last. Five hundred miles away, President Baker has accomplished what is predecessor, Neville Dawson had only dreamed of. After orchestrating the deaths of several climate scientists years earlier, his creation, the Committee for Scientific Oversight has humiliated the academic community with public hearings and the detentions of ...

Thisbe Moreland is used to men not taking her seriously. As a scientist, she's accustomed to being the only woman at lectures and meetings, her presence met with scorn and derision. So it comes as a pleasant surprise when she sits next to a handsome young man who is actually interested in having a conversation about science. Desmond Harrison cannot believe his good fortune when he sits next to Thisbe - she's intelligent and incredibly beautiful. He longs to see her again - but he's ashamed of his low birth.

SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER FATHER, A SCIENTIST TAKES A PERVERTED REVENGE AGAINST MEN! *** The death of a spider monkey in a South American rain forest is the prelude to unsolvable human murders in Canada and the United States. Spurred on by a suspicious priest, a private eye begins a hunt that spans thousands of miles. A SIREN'S TEARS features a twisty plot, innovative detective work, sharp dialogue and a nail-biting ending. *** “More chills and thrills, as an intrepid P.I. hunts a Black Widow serial killer. SIREN’S TEARS, from Pulitzer-nominee Lawrence De Maria, is another winner.” (John...