Radon & The Sinister Meteorite

In this first book of the Radon Trilogy, Radon Schneider flies his airplane over Arizona looking for ancient terrains that may contain meteorites. Hiking in the desert this retired geologist finds a mysterious meteorite. It contains remains of an extraterrestrial microbe. A genetics lab brings a home-grown analogue of this microbe to life, terrorists steal it and start an epidemic in commercial airliners, killing hundreds. Will Radon's scientific guile prevail?