EPILOGUE: A NEW DAWN
Geneva, Switzerland
International Bioweapons Conference
Six Months Later
10:00 AM
The hall was full, the seats filled with scientists and diplomats and military officers from every corner of the world, their faces turned toward the stage, toward the man who was standing at the podium, his hands on the lectern, his eyes on the words that were written on the screen behind him. Professor John Dune looked out at the audience, at the faces of the people who had come to hear him speak, at the future that was waiting to be written.
Behind him, a screen displayed the words: The GMHIV Protocol: A New Framework for Biosecurity.
"Three years ago, I created a weapon," he began, his voice steady, his eyes moving across the faces of the people who were watching, who were wait
