Splicer

✍ Scribed by Cage, Theo; Smith, Russ

• Book ID: 108914806
• Publisher: Shaylee Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 194 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A MURDER MYSTERY DNA TECH THRILLER in the style of Michael Crichton.

The CIA calls it a “Frankenstein app” – a new desktop device that any terrorist, in a matter of hours, could use to build a new virus, create a deadly new disease or completely modify human engineering. With a few screen touches, it would be possible to create a monster with the potential to kill millions.

A biotech start-up, GeneFab, owns the patent on the Splicer, but everyone from international terrorists, the CIA and a mysterious US government agency, are fighting to steal the technology.

The billionaire behind GeneFab is found garrotted in the parking lot of an exclusive business club. The prime suspect is a former employee who quickly lawyers up with one of the hottest criminal defenders in the city – pugnacious and troubled Janey McEwan. McEwan soon becomes embroiled in a battle between a crack team of professional killers and her penniless client – who she happens to be falling in love with.

The story reaches its dark climax on a craggy mountain in the wilds of Canada – the doomsday retreat of a shadowy CIA legend – a place they call Ragnarock.

Review

I was looking for a book different than the types I had been reading lately, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to read this one. This was a fast paced novel with many twists and turns. Just when you think you have things figured out, you realize you don't. It keeps you on your toes, guessing as to who the bad guys really are. It has a little bit of everything: action, suspense, a little bit of romance. Basically there's something for everyone. I highly recommend this. It was my first time reading something by this author, and after reading this, I'm definitely willing to give Theo's other works a try.

- stacejb / Jul 19, 2014 / LibraryThing