Gideon's Corpse - (Gideon Crew) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of the scientist at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down. But the standoff ends in an explosion of violence. When the authorities discover the scientist's body is intensely radioactive, and that he had recently embraced Islamic extremism, all hell breaks loose.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. <br>A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.<br>Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.<br>Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A rollicking tour-de-force. The eponymous Gideon Crew would be equally comfortable smack in a Ludlum tempest or striding onto the set of the Ocean's Eleven franchise. Preston and Child have crafted an electrifying, riveting thriller on which I could continue to heap praise, but instead I will just offer this: Read the book! And we can all look forward to the next appearance of Mr. Gideon Crew in the not-so-distant future.--<i><b>David Baldacci on Gideon's Sword</b></i><br><br>Gideon, an engaging fellow from the get-go, lives up to his initial promise, demonstrating an intelligence and resourcefulness that should endear him to adventure fans.--<i><b>Booklist</b></i><br><br>The action zigzags like an out-of-control rocket toward a double-deceptive conclusion.--<i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child stand head and shoulders above their rivals (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>). Preston and Child's <i>Relic</i> and <i>The Cabinet of Curiosities</i> were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and <i>Relic</i> was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include<i> Fever Dream</i>, <i>Cold Vengeance</i>, <i>Two Graves</i>, and <i>Gideon's Corpse</i>. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former book editor who has published five novels of his own, including the huge bestseller <i>Deep Storm</i>. <br>Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly strangely entertaining note from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.
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