Quantum
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- 29,00 kr
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- 29,00 kr
Utgivarens beskrivning
Ex-Navy Seal Nolan Kilkenny is recruited by the US government to find an incredible scientific discovery that could prove to be the ultimate power of the new millennium… The thrilling action adventure from the international bestseller.
DECEIT. BETRAYAL. DEATH. THEY'RE ALL RELATIVE.
In 1948, a young German émigré reached the threshold of an incredible scientific discovery: a blueprint for the construction of the universe that could surpass the theories of Einstein. But the scientist's secret past catches up to him with a vengeance, and he and his work are seemingly lost forever.
Now, buried knowledge has been rediscovered and whoever controls it holds the keys to the future. Two sides, American and Russian, are in a ruthless fight for the ultimate power of the new millennium – Quantum technology – and ex-Navy SEAL Nolan Kilkenny finds himself caught in the crossfire.
To stop the fate of the world from being hijacked, Kilkenny must wage a war across two hemispheres as he races to solve a decades-old mystery, that's if the solution doesn't kill him first….
Get ready for an action-packed adventure, perfect for fans of Jack Higgins and Tom Clancy
Reviews
Praise for The Secret Cardinal:
'An absorbing, carefully plotted adventure beautifully executed by Tom Grace – sure to hit the bestseller lists.' Clive Cussler
'A truly believable hero…Kilkenny is a little Jack Ryan, a little Dirk Pitt.' San Francisco Examiner
‘Grace’s prose recalls Ian Fleming at his most lean.’ Publishers Weekly
Praise for Quantum:
‘Thrillers don’t get much better than this- an utterly riveting adventure.’
‘A very flowing and enthralling read, action-packed from start to finish.’
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
About the author
Tom Grace was born, raised, and still lives in Michigan. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan, where he developed his strict eye for detail. His superior knowledge of technology has found its way into his writing and has earned him tremendous acclaim as a result.
Tom Grace lives with his wife, five children and a yellow Labrador. His interests are architecture and current affairs; he also enjoys scuba diving, martial arts and running marathons.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Like James Bond, ex-navy SEAL Nolan Kilkenny battles to keep a potentially world-dominating technology from falling into the wrong hands in this exciting techno-thriller, a follow-up to Grace's first Nolan adventure, Spyder Web. In 1948, migr German scientist Johann Wolff, working at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, studies his research notes and makes an amazing discovery. (" `Mein Gott!' Wolff cried out, as an image of the delicate, multidimensional structures that define both matter and energy clearly formed in his mind.") Minutes later, he is dead--killed by a Jewish assassin who thinks (erroneously) that the scientist conducted research on humans for the Nazis. More than 50 years later, Wolff's research becomes vitally important, as Kilkenny, who coordinates projects for a research group called MARC on the Ann Arbor campus, finds himself and his colleagues under attack by a band of Russian mercenaries working for Victor Orlov, the richest and most powerful private citizen in Russia. Orlov has learned that MARC, inspired by Wolff's writings, has discovered a Theory of Everything--sought in vain by Einstein and other great physicists--that will create an infinite energy supply and make all other sources, from gasoline to nuclear power, obsolete. Grace's prose can be clumsy, and his plot requires some suspension of belief. But in Kilkenny and his family (Nolan's father, an international financier, funded MARC, and grandfather Martin, a woodworker, was a friend of Johann Wolff), he has created a moving human portrait of America's technological progress. A few explosive action scenes (including a shoot-out at a college street art fair) enliven this nicely textured adventure.
