1948. Harry Truman is president. The Marshall Plan is about to save Europe. Israel declares its independence and Ed Sullivan has just become Toast of the Town. But, for the staff of the Silver Detective Agency, 1948 may be the year they all look for another job, unless they can find a client who will save their business and restore their once glowing reputation. Then, in walks the kind of client they've dreamed about or, at least, the men. Blonde, flowing locks. Porcelain skin. Ruby red lips. A body to die for. Carolyn Hambrick's visit brings hope, as well as danger. Frank Magruder and the Vermin Gang interrupt her visit and decide to permanently shutter the Silver Detective Agency with a hail of bullets. Fortunately, famed explorer Lassiter Shane arrives in the nick of time. Taking command of the situation, Shane, together with the Silver detectives, his intrepid World Travelers and the brave men and women of the Light City Police Department, will face mad scientists, machine-gun toting Metal Men, remote-controlled drones, genetically-engineered monsters, deadly androids, zombies and the dreaded Flying Horror Corps. But, can even Shane and his allies stop an enemy armed with futuristic weapons and technology, hell-bent on succeeding where their mentors - Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo - failed? The odds are stacked against him, but when you're Lassiter Shane, long odds and certain death are par for the course.

Something strange is happening in the North Carolina mountains. Pat Vogt, formerly of B.I.U.F.O., the Bureau of Investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects knows it. In fact, she's forced into an early retirement as part of a massive government coverup.

Dr. Allan Pritchard, Wayneboro's small animal veterinarian also knows it when a late night C-section on a giant mongrel dog turns into a living nightmare.

Local hunter, Bo Strickland, also knows it's the strangest deer season he's ever seen as the abundant wildlife of the area seems to be infested with something out of this world. And whatever happened to his hunting companion?

Dr. Fredric Homlin, president and owner of Biogentrix, is the one most aware of the strange happenings around Waynesboro because he's the instigator of it all. It's all part of his plans, and the whole reason he founded Biogentrix, a top secret research facility specializing in biogenetic engineering.

As Homlin explains to the FDA, "Biogentrix has successfully manufactured a genetic material with incredible adaptive properties. One could call it the modeling clay of life. We are a small lab with limited research funds. I realize that scientific progress could be made much more rapidly if more researchers could work on the material."

In truth, once FreeForm is out, it will be Dr. Homlin who determines the forms it takes...all of them destined to help him take over the world.

J. O. Bradford is the pen name for W. Bradford Swift's visionary fiction written primary for adults that includes the technological thriller, Seeds of a New Birth. His style has been compared by one reviewer as reminiscent of the "early works of Dean Koontz and the late great Michael Crichton."