How Safe Do You Really Think You Are?

June 24, 2025

How Safe Do You Really Think You Are?

The Real-Life Horrors Behind My New Book, Gorilla

Take a moment and really think about this.

You’re at a park. A stranger bumps into you, just a casual brush. But with that touch, they smear something onto your skin. It feels slick, maybe slimy. You might not even notice. A few hours later, you start feeling sick, with flu-like symptoms. You lie down, thinking it’ll pass. Twelve hours later, you’re dead.

This isn’t fiction. It happens more often than you think.

You’re at a club. You set your drink down while you dance. When you return, it’s right where you left it. You finish it, and soon, the room begins to spin. You assume you drank too much. You wake up the next morning in a strange place, or in your bed, covered in bruises and blood, with no memory of what happened.

That story? Happens all the time.

You go to a music festival. You’re in the crowd, feeling the energy. Suddenly, a sharp prick, like a bite or sting. You touch it, feel nothing there, shrug it off, and keep dancing. Hours later, you’re hallucinating. Violent. Paramedics are called.

Urban legends? Not quite.

We live in a world where things like this are happening right now. This isn’t just about shady individuals, it’s about governments, systems, and dark histories. Ever wonder why all your medications have childproof caps? That change came for a reason.

We’re not safe from this kind of attack. We never really have been.

We’ve heard about soldiers being tested on without their consent. Entire communities are exposed to chemicals without warning or permission. Germany in the 1930s. France in the 1950s. St. Louis in the 1960s. San Francisco in the 1970s.

The same scientists who experimented on Jews during the Holocaust were brought to the U.S. to continue their work. Have you heard of MK-Ultra? That was real. Our government carried out secret mind control experiments, then tried to erase the evidence.

And that’s the spark behind my novel, Gorilla.

Yes, it’s fiction. But it’s based on some deeply unsettling truths. Gorilla isn’t just a story about the horrors of what might happen; it’s a warning about what has already happened. It’s about how close we are to that line, and how easy it would be to cross it again.

How vulnerable are we, really? What happens if the wrong person picks up the pieces of old experiments and builds a weapon from them? What if someone decides to finish what was started decades ago, for power, control, or worse?