The Purification is a top-secret US government program that uses nanotechnology to cure homicidal psychopathy. Having to remove the patient’s brain to treat it is only one of the moral issues the inventor of the technology, Dr. Peter Thomason, faces. He must stop those trying to use his technology to control every person on Earth.
Synopsis
New Year’s Eve, 1999 – Russian president Boris Yeltsin resigns as president of Russia, and Vladimir Putin becomes president. The US government takes advantage of the chaos to recruit a young prodigy, 20-year-old scientist Dr. Pyotr Trofimov. Fearing Putin and hoping to fulfill a promise to his late wife, Natalia, Trofimov agrees and flees the country.
Pyotr Trofimov becomes an American: Peter Thomason. His expertise in nanotechnology puts him on the team of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s top-secret project: The Purification.
Over the next three decades, Peter develops a genetic brain treatment to cure psychopathy. The process requires an invasive method: The brain must be removed to be treated.
Military trauma and police work trigger Brad Zanger's descent into psychopathic killing. Convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to life without parole, he becomes a volunteer for the Purification program.
Though treatments seem to be curing Zanger, in reality, his criminal mind is developing virtually unlimited intelligence. He devises a plan to use his newfound power to cleanse the world of the unworthy.
Samson Collins III’s company, ColSci, is threatened with bankruptcy after losing LANL contracts. To save his company, he plans to steal the technology from the Purification program. When Collins hires an ex-military special ops veteran, Cyrus Vansickle, the plan goes sideways. Vansickle’s deranged mind puts him on a crusade to destroy the Purification lab.
Vansickle infiltrates the lab and plants a bomb. Not knowing who is friend or foe, Peter escapes with Zanger’s brain. He enlists Brad Zanger’s wife, Elizabeth, and runs a deadly obstacle course to escape Vansickle’s pursuit.
When Peter returns Zanger to the lab, new data suggests that Zanger has taken over the system. His superiors dismiss the data and complete the treatment. Peter realizes decades of foolish pride have cost him not only those he loves but also endangered the entire world. He is determined to destroy the monster he created, even if it costs him his life.