Synopses & Reviews
From Arthur C. Clarke, bestselling author of
2001: A Space Odyssey and
Creator Of The Rama Series, and Michael Kube-Mcdowell comes a breathtaking new novel of bold scientific speculation and edge-of-your-seat suspense: a riveting thriller in which the fate of humanity depends on whose finger is on...
The TriggerIt is the ultimate anti-weapon. A device that can render guns and bombs virtually harmless. At least that is how Dr. Jeffrey Horton, the brilliant young physicist who developed the Trigger, hopes his discovery will be used. Yet, like the scientists who first believed nuclear weapons would be the ultimate deterrent to war, could Horton and his colleagues be wrong? Will this new technology bring peace, or chaos? Will it be used to protect people, or control them? Will it mean the end of war, or a whole new kind of war? Not even Horton could have foreseen the fierce power struggle emerging for control of the Trigger. Soon it becomes clear that no one can be trusted. Not even those closest to him. Someone has already betrayed the project. Others will do anything to stop it--or co-opt it for their own ends. And the greatest enemy may be those with the best intentions.
Synopsis
In the near future, a team of physicists develop the "Trigger", a directional device that can cause the explosion of munitions at will: in a gun, in a terrorist storehouse, in a mind field, anywhere. Suddenly, the nature of armed conflict is changed as conventional weapons becomes obsolete. Can world peace be truly at hand?
About the Author
Arthur C. Clarke is one of the most celebrated science fiction authors of our time, named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1986. He is the author of more than fifty books, with more than 50 million copies in print. His bestsellers include
Childhood's End,
2001: A Space Odyssey,
The Hammer of God,
Richter 10 (with Mike McQuay), and
Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee). He co-broadcast the Apollo 11, 12, and 15 missions with Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the film version of
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Michael Kube-McDowell is the New York Times-bestselling author of Before the Storm, the Hugo Award nominee The Quiet Pools, and the Philip K. Dick nominee Emprise. His acclaimed near-future, human-centered novels have been praised as "a heady mix of political intrigue and hard science" (Julian May) and "the work of an alert intellect" (Locus).
From the Hardcover edition.