Extreme Malice

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About Extreme Malice

When Amy Wilson joined her small Colorado city's school board, she expected routine debates about budgets and curriculum. Instead, as COVID-19 sweeps the nation, she finds herself at the center of vicious battles over mask mandates and vaccines. As harassment escalates from angry outbursts at meetings to vandalism and death threats, Amy struggles to protect both her family and her principles. As the attacks intensify, Amy's uncle Jack, a former detective, investigates the harassment campaign. He uncovers a shadowy group of local conservative activists, including a bitter polio-vaccine victim whose rage at the medical establishment has curdled into dangerous extremism. But bringing the perpetrators to justice proves complicated in a community deeply divided by politics and fear. This timely novel explores how one family confronts the rising tide of political extremism in their small town. Through multiple perspectives, it weaves together themes of public service, family loyalty, and the echoes of medical history. Both a gripping suspense thriller and a thoughtful examination of American democracy under pressure, it asks vital questions about personal courage, community responsibility, and the price of public service in an age of rising intolerance.

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