Synopses & Reviews
As the international team of scientists at the spectacular Trudeau Research Center prepares for six months of unrelenting Arctic winter, three of their colleagues are found dead, their pupils missing and their bodies contorted in ghastly, unnatural positions. An American epidemiologist, the talented and unconventional Dr. Jessica Hanley, is summoned to investigate the medical riddle posed by these grisly deaths. At the same time, a decorated Russian admiral in Moscow is assigned a top-secret mission to locate and retrieve a Russian submarine that has suddenly and inexplicably vanished from central command's radar.
The die is cast. Their lives will cross in Jurjevics's engrossing debut thriller, brilliant and terrifying in its medical and historical accuracy. Hanley's inquiry and Admiral Rudenko's quest bring them up against hazards much bigger than microbes scientific megalomania, lingering cold war tensions, world-threatening environmental toxins, all unfolding in the unforgiving extremes of the Arctic.
A thriller that superbly depicts the precarious, volatile area where science and global politics can clash with disastrous results, The Trudeau Vector is reminiscent of the classic suspense of Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal and the terrifying realism of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain. With its disquieting and revelatory authenticity, readers cannot help but fall under its spell and ask themselves, "Could this really happen?"
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"[A] largely successful thriller....Lots of very entertaining and very weird science within a workable thriller plot." Kirkus Reviews
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"This is great material, backed with well-explained details about the Arctic environment. But in his debut novel Jurjevics...rarely generates the excitement that should accompany this dynamic storyline." Library Journal
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"Jurjevics' enthusiasm for his subject matter and his clear and interesting...explanation of scientific theory and processes is as infectious as the renegade microbes themselves and easier to swallow..." USA Today
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"First-time author Jurjevics...keeps the reader guessing to the very end." Booklist
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"The threat of both menacing microbes and nuclear warheads, never mind the wealth of science that Jurjevics shares, should be more than one thriller can bear, but The Trudeau Vector is all that. And more." New York Daily News
Synopsis
Geopolitics, environmental disaster, and bioterrorism collide in this timely political thriller set in the bleak Arctic winter.
About the Author
Juris Jurjevics was born in Latvia during World War II and emigrated to the United States. He served in Vietnam and is the cofounder and publisher of Soho Press.