Terrorists and Technology Clash in a Computer Hall-of-Famer's First Sci-Fi Thriller
PUB. DATE: MAY 2007 -- AVAILABLE NOW -- Can the Aremac Project Save a Bomb-Shattered Chicago from Terrorists Bent on Destruction and Extortion? To find out, read THE AREMAC PROJECT, a new sci-fi thriller by award-winning author Gerald M. Weinberg. Technology fights terrorism in a body-strewn race against time.
Drawing on neuroscience and nanotechnology, grad students Roger Fixman and Tess Myers develop the software and machinery to take pictures of a person's memory. Unwittingly, these earnest researchers provide the US government -- and its enemies -- with a new and deadly form of interrogation.
The Aremac Roger and Tess develop is just what FBI agents Don Capitol and Lucinda Duke need as they attempt to identify and pursue a terrorist group that is bombing landmarks in Chicago and attempting to extort millions from the city.
Desperate for clues, Agents Capitol and Duke hire Roger and Tess to delve into a suspect's mind. But just as their prisoner's defenses start to crumble, a murderer puts an end to their progress. The Aremac holds the key to identifying the murderer, which makes the machine -- and its developers, Roger and Tess -- the next terrorist target.
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Jerry Weinberg is a leading author and "consultant's consultant" in the computer industry. Inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame in its first class (with Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates), Jerry consults to Fortune 500 companies and state and Federal agencies. A principal of Weinberg and Weinberg with his wife and partner, Dani Weinberg (author of the new release Teaching People Teaching Dogs), Jerry was born and raised in Chicago and holds a Masters in physics and a Ph.D. in communication sciences. Author of Weinberg on Writing and more than 40 other books, Jerry is at work on his sixth novel. He and Dani currently reside near Albuquerque with their two highly decorated German Shepherds. Visit http://www.geraldmweinberg.com.
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"Gerald Weinberg's THE AREMAC PROJECT is a page-turning science fiction/ technological thriller that successfully combines wish-I-had-that futuristic technology with today's political and security climate. Smart characters, ingenious science, and plenty of twists and turns-- this is a book you won't be ready to put down until the last clever move is played out."
-- Robin Brande, author of EVOLUTION, ME, AND OTHER FREAKS OF
NATURE, Knopf/Random House, 2007. www.robinbrande.com
