Category: The Allston Variant

Recently I obtained some publicity for The Allston Variant from an unexpected source: one of the Boston-area ham radio clubs, the Wellesley Amateur Radio Society, ran this item in their May, 2019 newsletter, The Spark Gap:

The Allston Variant just appeared on Amazon.com!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945181575

My publisher has convinced me to go with the dark version of the cover art.  I had been leaning with a white background, however the green text stands out better against the black I think. 

It won’t be long now.  Estimated book publication date is April 21–eleven days from now.

I received two additional blurbs for the cover of my upcoming scientific mystery-thriller “The Allston Variant.” Many thanks to Greg and Luke for their kind words:

“The Allston Variant, Phil Temples’ frighteningly plausible new novel, enthralls with its breathtaking pace and complex heroine, scientist/undercover agent Carrie Bloomfield, while elucidating the latest advances in biotechnology. A smart, steamy thriller!  —Gregory Wolos, author of Women of Consequence and Turnpike

“Thrillers are my guilty pleasure, and The Allston Variant is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures.  Temples not only spins an excellent yarn, he can write!” —Luke Salisbury, author of The Answer Is Baseball and No Common War

I couldn’t resist reposting this. There’s a scene in The Allston Variant where the two main protagonists visit Sullivan’s on Castle Island.  https://www.wcvb.com/article/sullivans-castle-island-in-south-boston-opening-for-season-on-friday/26539709#

I’m excited to announce the official book launch for “The Allston Variant”, the second in the Carrie Bloomfield Novel series, will happen on Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 2-4 PM at New England Mobile Book Fair, 241 Needham St, Newton Upper Falls, MA. Light refreshments will be served. 

I have some amazing artwork that I hope will become the cover design for my upcoming scientific-murder mystery novel, “The Allston Variant.” It’s slated to be published in mid-April, 2019.

I’m also making arrangements for a book launch at one of the local Boston-area book stores.

Stay tuned!

WCVB carried this interesting story today entitled, “High-security Boston lab begins growing Ebola virus for experiments“.

It’s similar to the BSL-4 high security lab I describe in The Allston Variant. However, in the novel I go into far greater detail about the BSL-4 safety features in the fictional Allston lab.