Michael C. Grumley, author of the Breakthrough and Monument series, pens a stand-alone thriller that is reminiscent of a Michael Crichton, James Rollins or Preston & Child novel.

Full of surprises and a few shocking turns, DEEP FREEZE opens as a bus packed with men, women and children takes a dive off a bridge into a freezing river. A man gallantly pushes a mother and her child to safety, but his fate is uncertain and the bus sinks quickly into the frigid water.

"The finale is a race to find out the truth, but the search for those answers will not come easily. This unpredictable, wild ride continues right up until the chilling last sentence."

The action then switches to a clandestine laboratory where a handful of doctors and scientists work among cages filled with animals and one incredibly special patient --- an unknown male who was sent to them after he was found frozen. He’s in a state of stasis that acts similarly to cryonics. The team must work to revive him and find out who he is.

With their bosses looking on, these medical professionals bring the man back to life. In doing so, they start conversing with him to determine what he remembers about himself and the circumstances that brought him to them. His name is John Reiff, and he has no memory of the events that caused him to become a human popsicle. As they get to know him better, they begin to suspect that they have not been given the entire story by their superiors. They also notice some alarming things happening with Reiff that they cannot explain medically.

As Reiff regains more of his memory and awareness of what is happening to him, he starts to strongly question where he is and why. What happens in the final third of the book is extremely eye-opening. Readers are transported along with Reiff to a reality with which he is not familiar, and it paints a bleak picture that belongs in a sci-fi or horror novel. I will leave the particulars out of this review so you can discover them for yourself.

The finale is a race to find out the truth, but the search for those answers will not come easily. This unpredictable, wild ride continues right up until the chilling last sentence.