The Conscious Virus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781922612007)

What if a virus, created by people of malign intent, developed consciousness? And you were the doctor given that information, through unorthodox, thoroughly unscientific channels? Talking to spirits.

Nerida and Mari are lesbians with a good life together. They travel all over Australia, visiting Indigenous communities and mining towns for work and adventure. But they have a secret life.

Mari has grown into a shaman. She goes into trance and channels ghosts: intelligent, passionate, disgruntled spirits who are trying to save the world. They care about Gaia. They offer new thoughts about reincarnation. It's all New Age and magical. But now Nerida anticipates trouble.

When they assert that a virus has developed its own consciousness, a turn of events unanticipated by its creators, the conflict between these ideas and her scientific beliefs threatens to overwhelm Nerida. She feels compelled to share the channeled messages of the ancient beings.

The Earth Spirits resonate with her Aboriginal spirituality, long buried under her scientific education. She doesn't know who she will become if she accepts that what the Beings say, though. And who in the world will believe her?

Saving lives is Nerida's duty. She's bound to evidence and medical guidelines. Allowing disembodied spirit voices to guide her, Nerida risks her relationships, her career, and her sanity.

This is the first novel published in the Aedgar Wisdom series.