title: Elements
author: Fogel, Alex
description: The environment is fighting back and Earth’s inhabitants are dying.Several typically safe and naturally occurring elements are suddenly being released in quantities and places never before experienced by mankind. The deadly effects on all living species are alarming, while the cause of the toxic releases around the world remains a mystery. Are these environmental accidents, man-made catastrophes on an epic scale, acts of terrorism or are they due to something beyond human comprehension?Dr. Celia (Cile) Reid is an investigator with the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Along with her boyfriend, Tobias (Toby) Davis, professor of Physics at UCLA and a team of experts around the globe, the couple must overcome geopolitical obstacles, identify the causes for the toxic releases and find a way to stop the disasters without doing even greater damage to the environment.