Lethal Velocity

Zusatztext “A beautifully crafted scare-fest . . . heaven for techno-thriller fans.” — People (Page-turner of the Week)   “Terrific . . . a sensational piece of popular entertainment . . . [Lincoln] Child has created a fictional wonderland that is both high-tech and nostalgic. . . . If you are looking for intelligent fun! it doesn’t get much better than this.” — The Washington Post Book World   “[A] whiz-bang plot . . . springs to life from the opening pages . . . Child does an outstanding job of depicting the workings of this fantastic playground.” — San Francisco Chronicle   “A riveting read . . . part mystery! part science-fiction! and all page-turner.” — Roanoke Times Informationen zum Autor Lincoln Child is the author of Death Match, Deep Storm, Terminal Freeze, The Third Gate, and The Forgotten Room, as well as co-author, with Douglas Preston, of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Blue Labyrinth, White Fire, Cold Vengeance, and Relic . He lives with his wife and daughter in Morristown, New Jersey. Klappentext "A beautifully crafted scare-fest . . . heaven for techno-thriller fans."-People (Page-turner of the Week) It's like nothing anyone has ever seen before. Utopia is the brand-new frontier of theme parks, a fantastic collection of Worlds each so authentic it takes the average visitor's breath away. Teeming with cutting-edge holographic and robotic technology, it has captured the nation's imagination. But it has also attracted a group of ruthless criminals. After infiltrating the park and its computer systems, their leader-calling himself John Doe-sets the parameters: If their shocking demands are met, none of the visitors to the park that day will be harmed; if not, then all hell will rain down. Dr. Andrew Warne, the brilliant engineer who designed much of the park's robotics, suddenly finds himself in a role he never imagined-trying to save the lives of thousands of innocent people . . . one of whom just happens to be his daughter. Praise for Lethal Velocity "Terrific . . . a sensational piece of popular entertainment . . . [Lincoln] Child has created a fictional wonderland that is both high-tech and nostalgic. . . . If you are looking for intelligent fun, it doesn't get much better than this."-The Washington Post Book World "[A] whiz-bang plot . . . springs to life from the opening pages . . . Child does an outstanding job of depicting the workings of this fantastic playground."-San Francisco Chronicle "A riveting read . . . part mystery, part science-fiction, and all page-turner."-Roanoke Times Previously published as Utopia7:30 A.M.   FROM ITS JUMPING-OFF place at Charleston Boulevard, above the Las Vegas Strip, Rancho Drive makes a casual bend to the left and heads straight for Reno. It arrows northwest with absolute precision, ignoring all natural or artificial temptations to curve, as if in a hurry to leave neon and green felt far behind. Country clubs, shopping centers, and finally even the sad-looking ersatz adobe suburbs fall away. The Mojave Desert, tucked beneath the asphalt and concrete sprawl, reasserts itself. Spidery tendrils of sand trace their way across what the signs start calling Route 95. Joshua trees, hirsute and sprawling, dot the greasewood desert. Cacti stand like standard-bearers to the emptiness. After the frantic, crowded glitter, the gradual transition to vast empty spaces seems otherworldly. Except for the highway, the hand of man appears not to have touched this place.   Andrew Warne tilted his rearview mirror sharply upward and to the right, sighing with relief as the dazzling brightness receded. “How could I possibly have come to Vegas without bringing dark glasses?” he said. “The sun shines 366 days a year in this place.”   The...

Product details

• Authors: Lincoln Child
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780399594960
• ISBN: 978-0-399-59496-0
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 192 mm x 27 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy