Stories by John Jeter : Contently

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The Lucifer Genome: A Conspiracy Thriller

A madman wit too much money and lots of guns has stolen the world's oldest human DNA. Recruited out to solve the heist, Defense Intelligence operative Cas Fielding suspects the answer to the mystery lies inside an igneous shard that fell to Earth thousands of years ago. Problem is, this rock of ages happens to be Islam’s most revered relic. The mission is best suited for the insane or suicidal. Fielding, an unhinged ex-Army Ranger, joins forces with brilliant astrobiologist Marly McKinnon to retrieve the stone before the maniacal fundamentalist triggers events that lead to the Apocalypse.

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Opioid epidemic hits home, hits hard

By John Jeter
Christmas Eve. Landon McNair was back home in Charlotte for six days from Greenville, including the family’s weekend ski trip to the North Carolina mountains. He liked to sleep in. Around 11 that morning, his father went upstairs to check on him.
“I opened the door to a horrific sight,” Steve McNair says, sitting across from his brother, Larry, at a local oyster bar, where he tears off a paper towel to wipe his eyes. “I found him dead on the floor, on his back ..."