Is Lyme Disease Biological Warfare Against Us?

About two months ago, a long-time and dear friend gave me a copy of this book. As I began to look at it, I noticed it was fiction. "Judy, I don’t have time to read novels," I said. "Oh, I know, James," she replied, "but this is not necessarily fiction. I have known Les Roberts going back decades and he told me it was the only way the story could be told. It’s about government involvement in producing Lyme disease, you know." Now she had my attention! I know a number of people who have Lyme disease. Countless others are misdiagnosed for years by non-Lyme Literate M.D.’s. As Judy knew, about the only fiction I have read over the past several decades were the Robert Ludlum novels. I always felt that Ludlum had inside sources. His novels always involved government and behind-the-government conspiracies. I had read only a couple of other novels (Clancy, Forsyth, etc.) but found none to compare with Ludlum’s pulse-pounding style and which left the reader wondering, could this really be truth wrapped in a fictional garb? (By the way, the movie versions are far less-satisfying.)

I began reading The Poison Plum and had to put it down after reading only about a hundred pages. The reason? I had to give my psyche time to recover! There were so many characters, events, evil machinations of government officials, etc. which I immediately recognized as real people and truths I had known for many years, so that I knew that Les Roberts was right: he had to tell it in the form of fiction. I finished it the next week. It was every bit as gripping as a Ludlum novel. I then made contact with the author and arranged to carry the book (Barnes & Noble and Google have refused!). He sent me his seven-page "My Story" which we will post on our website. It includes a (very long) list of Lyme symptoms and numerous (allopathic AND alternative) treatments which did and did not work. Chronic fatigue, mental confusion, forgetfulness, weakness, joint pain and skin rashes are only the tip of the iceberg. Lyme is diabolical. It masquerades (and is hence misdiagnosed) as a host of other diseases. Les told me that one in four (!) Americans now carries the Lyme spirochete, although it does not always manifest immediately. It was almost fatal to Les. Lyme is named for a town in Connecticut where it first broke out. "Coincidentally," Lyme, CT just happens to be very close to the USDA facility on Plum Island (off Long Island, NY). The building on the cover is that facility. Les’ novel reveals that its true function is as one of the top-secret bio-warfare facilities in the country, and that ticks deliberately infected with an engineered virus were aerially dumped over Lyme, Connecticut. Over the years, Lyme support groups have sprung all over the nation and a tiny percentage of M.D.’s have braved the wrath of the powers-that-be to search for answers and treat the increasingly vast numbers of its victims.

"For Susan Collins, a single parent with a beautiful and healthy eight year old son, the future had never looked brighter after graduating summa cum laude with a doctorate in microbiology from UAB in Birmingham. The acceptance of a high-paying position with a government research laboratory provided the exciting opportunity to relocate to New London, Connecticut, where she and her son, Toby, could begin a new life and be re-united with Susan’s loving sister, Cathy. Soon after their move to New London however, Susan finds herself struggling to discover the cause of a mysterious disease which suddenly attacks little Toby, leaving his life hanging precariously in the balance. With his doctors baffled and hopes and dreams of a better life for them both shattered, Susan relentlessly begins searching for answers and makes a stunning and shocking discovery that changes her life forever. As the pieces of a gigantic puzzle rapidly begin to come together, a frightful and horrifying picture emerges which could have been ripped from today’s headlines. Finally, Susan realizes that there can be no turning back until the true source of Toby’s life-threatening affliction is identified and revealed for all the world to see. With incredible courage and tenacity, Susan battles for her son’s life while simultaneously risking her own to expose the evil which potentially threatens millions if not stopped. The exciting and shocking conclusion reveals we are not alone in our struggles for truth, vindication and justice."

The Poison Plum Hardback only • 480 pages • Les Roberts is a retired businessman, a Christian, and lives in Alabama.