Toxic Prey
Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.
Gaia is dying.
That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes. A renowned expert in tropical and infectious diseases, Scott has witnessed the devastating impact of illness and turmoil at critical scale. Society as it exists is untenable, and the direct link to Earth’s death spiral; population levels are out of control and people have allowed disarray and disorder to run rampant. While most are concerned about deadly disease, Scott knows that it is truly humanity itself that will destroy Gaia. It’s only by removing the threat that the planet can continue to prosper, and luckily, Scott is just the right man for the job…
When Scott then disappears without a trace, Letty Davenport is tasked with tracking down any and all leads. Scott’s connections to sensitive research into virus and pathogen spread has multiple national and international organizations on high alert, and his shockingly high clearance levels at various institutions, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, make him the last person they’d like to go missing. As the web around Scott becomes more tangled, Letty calls in her father, Lucas, help her lead a group of specialists to find Scott as soon as possible. But as Letty and Lucas begin to uncover startling and disturbing connections between Scott and Gaia conspiracists, their worst fears are confirmed, and it quickly becomes a race to find him before the virus he created becomes the perfect weapon.
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John Sandford
John Sandford writes crime fiction that moves with the restless energy of the streets it describes. His novels are known for their sharp observation, moral tension, and an unsettling closeness to real violence, the kind that feels sudden and personal rather than theatrical. Long before his books filled bestseller lists, Sandford trained his eye as a journalist, learning how to notice the small, telling details that reveal who people really are under pressure. That background still shapes his fiction, where every scene feels grounded in lived experience.
Lucas Davenport
The Lucas Davenport series drops readers into a world where intelligence, impatience, and moral compromise collide. From the first pages, these novels establish a distinctive rhythm, fast moving, observant, and quietly unsettling. Crime is not treated as a puzzle to be neatly solved, but as a disruptive force that ripples outward, affecting institutions, relationships, and the people tasked with restoring order.
Lucas Davenport consists of thirty-six books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
