Club member creates novel pathogen in ‘The Calypso Virus’

 

National Press Club member Michael Curley wrote The Calypso Virus.

 

National Press Club member Michael Curley bent the rules of science to create the central premise of his new book, The Calypso Virus. 

The book is a work of fiction with a discourse on acts of terrorism. The main character, Mustafa al Khalid has reason to want to retaliate because, as Curley described, “American forces wiped out his whole family.” Khalid lived in Munich and was able to hook up with a German scientist to develop the ‘virus’.

Curley had the idea that the virus could be set in motion by first putting it into the water system then sending a drone over to activate it by electrical impulse. He didn’t know whether this was feasible, so he consulted with two scientists at Johns Hopkins.

“They told me that the virus could not be spread by water and that it was impossible to activate by electrical impulse,” Curley recalled, at a National Press Club Book Rap on Wednesday, Nov. 20.

But then they told him, “Go for it!” Hence, The Calypso Virus. 

Why the name Calypso?  The original meaning from the Greek is to cover, conceal or deceive.

The first incident involves 37 crewmen on board a ship. Once infected each one wanted to kill the others and the whole crew was massacred with the last one jumping into the ocean. From this Khalid laid schemes for total annihilation in America.  

Curley is an attorney, long-time Club member and author of two previous books, Yellowstone, Final Extinction and Molly McNamara, CyberAdmiral. 

Joe Luchok of the Club's Book and Author Group introduced Curley at the Book Rap. The Book and Author Group strives to help Club member/authors hold events to promote their works. For more information, please contact Joe Motheral at [email protected].