**WITH THE STAKES SO HIGH, RACING CAN BE A DEADLY BUSINESS Chris Rankin** is a doctor, a specialist in Emergency Medicine at Cheltenham Hospital, but a doctor who also has health problems. A smartly dressed man has been found unconscious at the local racecourse and is rushed to the hospita
Pulse
β Scribed by Jeremy Robinson
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press;Thomas Dunne Books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU KILL TO LIVE FOREVER?
Imagine a world where soldiers regenerate and continue fighting without pause, where suicide bombers live to strike again and again. This is the dream of Richard Ridley, founder of Manifold Genetics, and he has just discovered the key to eternal life: an ancient artifact buried beneath a Greek-inscribed stone in the Peruvian desert.
When Manifold steals the artifact and abducts archeologist Dr. George Pierce, United States Special Forces Delta operator Jack Sigler, call sign King, and his "Chess Team" --Queen, Knight, Rook, Bishop, and their handler, Deep Blue--give chase. Formed under special order from President Duncan, they are the best of America's Special Forces, tasked with antiterrorism missions that take them around the world against any threat, ancient, modern, and at times, inhuman. With cutting-edge weapons, tough-as-nails tactics, and keen intellects, they...
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