Spiral: A Novel - Rilegato

McEuen, Paul

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ISBN 10: 038534211X ISBN 13: 9780385342117

Casa editrice: Dial Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Refusing to believe a ruling that his research partner, an eminent biologist, committed suicide, Cornell nanoscience professor Jake teams up with the man's grieving granddaughter to investigate a series of cryptic messages that leads them to the shores of Japan and the site of a doomsday plot. A first novel.

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Advance praise for Spiral
 
“Spiral by Paul McEuen carries the reader on a fascinating ride through a world of bioweaponry, nanoscience, murder, and international intrigue. This gripping story, partially based on Unit 731, the biological warfare group of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, is one of the best debut thrillers I’ve read in a long time.”—Douglas Preston, author of Impact and The Monster of Florence
 
“Spiral is an all-too-frighteningly-real tale. This is an exciting debut.”—Steve Berry, author of The Emperor’s Tomb
 
“A riveting story that combines international intrigue with fascinating inventions such as the MicroCrawler, a  spiderlike robot with knife-sharp legs. In more ways than one, Spiral will get under your skin.” —Mark Alpert, author of Final Theory
 
“Fast-paced and suspenseful . . . McEuen, a leader in nanoscience research at Cornell, makes unsettling use of recent developments in the field. . . . After you’ve finished the book, try not hearing [the MicroCrawlers] go tink tink tink in the night. . . . exciting and unsettling."—Kirkus Reviews

“It’s hard to reckon with the realization that a prominent scientist in a cutting-edge field, writing his first novel in his “spare time,” has created what may be the most gripping and engrossing thriller this reviewer has ever read in almost 50 years of thriller reading...[Paul McEuen] wisely writes about what he knows...but also shows a true gift for plotting, pace, characterization, and writerly clarity...and remarkably, he makes [his] ideas accessible to typical thriller aficionados.  A stunning achievement.”
 – Booklist, starred review

L'autore:

Paul McEuen is the Goldwin Smith Professor of physics at Cornell University. He has received numerous awards for his research, including the Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize, a Packard Fellowship, and a Presidential Young Investigator Award. He lives with his wife and five dogs in Ithaca, New York.

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• Editore: Dial Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 038534211X
• ISBN 13: 9780385342117
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 310