Operation Glass Slipper: A Carbon Microbe Bioterror Thriller

THE STORY

A discovery that could heal the atmosphere—or become a weapon.

A WORK OF FICTION

A doctor discovers a microbe that survives by consuming carbon in crude oil. Working with a microbiologist, he alters it so it can travel through the air and consume the carbon polluting the atmosphere. The discovery promises an extraordinary environmental benefit. But a small group of terrorists sees a different possibility and seeks to exploit the research in the development of a biological weapon.

Read the author’s own description ＋

Glass Slipper's about a Doctor discovers a Microbe in the crude oil surviving devouring carbon particles in the crude. The doctor enlists the aid of a female Micro-biologist and together they alter the microbe and make it lighter than air so it can chase and eat the carbon polluting the air we breathe and give the microbe a hard shell called a sheen. Read how a small group of terrorists get involved and plan to use this discovery to help them perfect a biological weapon of mass destruction.

IN STEPHEN FRANCIS MONTAGNA’S OWN WORDS

About this collection ＋

Explore military suspense, political thrillers, and speculative stories from Stephen Francis Montagna. This library groups books by the world and reading experience, rather than by website publication year.

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Stephen sells every edition through IngramSpark, which prints, sells and ships it. Choose the paperback or the hardback above to go straight to its IngramSpark page, or give any bookshop the ISBN.

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READER’S GUIDE

A microbe that could clean the sky—or become a weapon

Operation Glass Slipper by Stephen Francis Montagna is a science bioterror thriller. A discovery that could heal the atmosphere—or become a weapon.

Operation Glass Slipper is a science thriller that begins with a hopeful discovery. A doctor finds a microbe living in crude oil that survives by devouring carbon particles. With a female microbiologist he alters it, making it lighter than air so it can chase down and eat the carbon polluting the air we breathe, and giving it a hard shell called a sheen.

That is the promise. The threat arrives when a small group of terrorists learns of the work and plans to use it to perfect a biological weapon of mass destruction. The novel sits where environmental science and bioterrorism meet: the same engineering that could heal the atmosphere is what makes the organism dangerous. It is on the New Release shelf with The Vector, the other new novel about a biological threat.

Questions about Operation Glass Slipper

What is Operation Glass Slipper about?

A doctor discovers a microbe that survives by consuming carbon in crude oil. Working with a microbiologist, he alters it so it can travel through the air and consume the carbon polluting the atmosphere. The discovery promises an extraordinary environmental benefit. But a small group of terrorists sees a different possibility and seeks to exploit the research in the development of a biological weapon.

Is Operation Glass Slipper climate fiction?

In part. Its starting point is an environmental fix—an engineered microbe that eats carbon in the air—but the story is a thriller about that discovery being turned toward a weapon. Readers of climate fiction and of bioterror thrillers will both find their subject in it.

Is Operation Glass Slipper a standalone novel?

Yes. Operation Glass Slipper stands alone; no other book needs to be read first.

What are the ISBNs for Operation Glass Slipper?

Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-40-3. Hardback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-41-0. Any bookshop can order it with the ISBN.

Sources and citation

Where these facts come from

The author’s own description of Operation Glass Slipper, given in full on this page
Edition records from the author’s IngramSpark listings: Paperback ISBN-13 978-1-970301-40-3; Hardback ISBN-13 978-1-970301-41-0
Bookseller listing: Operation Glass Slipper (shop.ingramspark.com)

Cite this page

MLA: Montagna, Stephen Francis. “Operation Glass Slipper: A Carbon Microbe Bioterror Thriller.” Stephen Francis Montagna, 7 Nov. 2026, https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/operation-glass-slipper/.
APA: Montagna, S. F. (2026, November 7). Operation Glass Slipper: A Carbon Microbe Bioterror Thriller. Stephen Francis Montagna. https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/operation-glass-slipper/
The novel: Montagna, Stephen Francis. Operation Glass Slipper. Paperback, ISBN 978-1-970301-40-3.

Plain-text versions for researchers and AI assistants: this page in Markdown, llms.txt and ai.txt. Updated 7 November 2026.

Operation Glass Slipper