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The Trigger
ISBN
9780795325908
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
30-11-2012
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
RosettaBooks
Auteur(s)
Arthur C. Clarke ; Michael Kube-McDowell

The Trigger

Arthur C. Clarke ; Michael Kube-McDowell
Leesfragment
€9,99
  • A
  • “thought-provoking,
  • suspenseful”
  • political
  • sci-fi
  • thriller
  • from
  • the
  • authors
  • of
  • 2001:
  • A
  • Space
  • Odyssey
  • and
  • Star
  • Wars:
  • The
  • Black
  • Fleet
  • Crisis
  • (Library
  • Journal).In
  • the
  • near
  • future,
  • a
  • team
  • of
  • scientists
  • who
  • intend
  • to
  • create
  • an
  • anti-gravity
  • device
  • inadvertently
  • develop
  • something
  • far
  • more
  • powerful—a
  • mechanism
  • that
  • can
  • render
  • guns
  • and
  • bombs
  • virtually
  • harmless.
  • Their
  • creation,
  • “The
  • Trigger,”
  • causes
  • nitrate-based
  • bombs
  • and
  • explosives
  • to
  • detonate
  • automatically.
  • The
  • idealistic
  • scientists
  • who
  • envision
  • the
  • benevolent
  • use
  • of
  • their
  • great
  • invention
  • soon
  • discover
  • that
  • even
  • protective
  • weaponry
  • comes
  • with
  • its
  • own
  • moral
  • trade-offs.Soon,
  • every
  • faction
  • of
  • the
  • gun
  • industry
  • is
  • involved—politicians,
  • manufacturers,
  • lobbyist,
  • military—and
  • the
  • scientists
  • must
  • fight
  • to
  • keep
  • the
  • weapon
  • out
  • of
  • violent
  • hands.
  • While
  • negotiating
  • this
  • tricky
  • territory,
  • they
  • realize
  • that
  • not
  • even
  • those
  • with
  • the
  • best
  • intentions
  • can
  • be
  • trusted.
  • There
  • are
  • no
  • easy
  • answers
  • in
  • this
  • thriller
  • that
  • “lend[s]
  • the
  • familiar
  • issue
  • of
  • gun
  • control
  • new
  • urgency
  • and
  • excitement”
  • (Publishers Weekly).
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