Grayman Book Three: Vulnerability
Reeks: Grayman
Michael Rizzo
- Grayman
- chronicles
- a
- daring
- and
- disturbing
- experiment
- to
- decisively
- end
- the
- threat
- of
- global
- terrorism.
- A
- group
- of
- powerful
- corporate
- and
- political
- players
- lever
- a
- desperate
- world
- to
- create
- a
- multinational
- force
- of
- “surgical”
- strike
- teams,
- authorized
- to
- cross
- borders
- and
- pursue
- targets
- with
- impunity;
- armed
- with
- advanced
- weapons,
- technology
- and
- armor;
- and
- directed
- by
- a
- cutting-edge
- artificial
- intelligence.
- But
- more
- than
- simply
- employing
- high-tech
- military
- might,
- this
- new
- army
- is
- designed
- to
- fight
- a
- true
- “information
- war”
- by
- operating
- completely
- in
- the
- public
- eye,
- their
- missions
- crafted
- for
- maximum
- marketability,
- their
- operatives
- shaped
- into
- Hollywood-style
- action
- heroes.The
- series
- focuses
- on
- the
- man
- being
- groomed
- to
- be
- the
- wired
- public’s
- greatest
- hero:
- Given
- the
- “stage
- name”
- Mike
- Ram,
- he’s
- charismatic,
- talented
- and
- damaged
- unknown,
- pushed
- by
- circumstance
- to
- become
- a
- merciless
- predator.
- Initially
- little
- more
- than
- a
- trauma-driven
- serial
- killer,
- he’s
- given
- a
- new
- identity
- and
- is
- re-programmed
- to
- kill
- on
- cue
- to
- satisfy
- the
- media’s
- thirst
- for
- violent
- and
- visible
- retribution
- against
- an
- equally
- vicious
- enemy.
- Ram
- quickly
- rises
- from
- being
- a
- murderer
- on
- the
- run
- to
- being
- an
- untouchably
- popular
- celebrity
- and
- global
- leader,
- as
- his
- every
- action
- plays
- out
- on
- the
- public
- stage.In
- Book
- Three:
- Vulnerability,
- A
- terrorist
- mastermind
- holds
- the
- world
- hostage
- with
- a
- technology-destroying
- weapon,
- forcing
- Mike
- Ram
- into
- an
- odyssey
- of
- horror
- toward
- a
- devastating
- realization.
- Meanwhile,
- the
- omnipresent
- AI
- “Dee”
- is
- showing
- more
- and
- more
- independent
- initiative
- in
- pursuing
- its
- primary directive.
