J.D. May is a third generation Texan from the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Palm tree-lined roads, natural waterways, and roaming wild animals including alligators, deer, wild hogs, and birds of every color make Bayview a perfect place for a writer and painter. She shows her paintings at The Laguna Madre Art Gallery in Port Isabel, Texas. J.D. May attended Sam Houston State University, San Miguel de Allende Instituto, and Rice University where she studied drama, art, creative writing and Spanish. She worked in advertising for most of her career. Her new book, “Factor-7” presents a terrifying scenario that centers around the life of Dr. Sam Hawkins, the head trauma surgeon at Galveston’s St. Peter’s Memorial Hospital. His life is changed forever by the cryptic words of his dying friend, Dr. Bill Roberts, and a string of murders and blatant cover-ups that follow his demise. (amazon, 2021)

In “Factor-7,” Sam reluctantly teams up with Dr. Rainee Arienzo, an Italian infectious disease specialist, and together they uncover the terrifying truth about Factor-7, a bioweapon with a 98% mortality rate. Dr. Roberts’ journal tips them off about a clandestine plot by a secret society, the Keepers Collegium. The Collegium, an international group of rogue intelligence agents, ex-military, and government officials, has a demonic plan to use the pathogen to destroy anyone who threatens their twisted ideology. Sam and Rainee soon realize that public exposure of the plot would be as dangerous to the world’s security as the bioweapon itself and they must not only shut down the plans of the Collegium, but also keep the top-secret information from ever being revealed. As they work to stop them, Sam and Rainee are kidnapped by the largest Mexican drug cartel. The kingpin, who financed much of the Collegium’s plot, wants Dr. Roberts’s journal because it lists the names of the major players in the Collegium who double-crossed him. To survive, Sam and Rainee have no choice; they must play with one of two devils or be burned by both.