The Rainbow Option

Starvation and gangs stalk an America ruled by petty tyrants. Many have escaped to the refuges called ARKS. A beautiful botanist and a software genius go underground to offer hope with . . .

The Rainbow Option.

• A wilderness experience transforms a federal judge into a freedom fighter.

• A cowgirl falls for a Native American youth who becomes the leader of the survivors.

• The U.S. government infects Americans with a deadly virus. Why?

The Rainbow Option

is the sequel to

Michael McCarthy's first novel,