Smoke & Mirrors
Reeks: Brainrush
Richard Bard
- "Best
- book
- of
- the
- year!"
- -IndieReader.comThe
- exciting
- conclusion
- to
- Brainchild,
- Book-4
- of
- the
- Brainrush
- series:The
- first
- three
- books
- in
- #1
- Wall
- Street
- Journal
- bestselling
- author
- Richard
- Bard’s
- Brainrush
- series
- garnered
- over
- 2,000
- Amazon
- 5-Star
- reviews,
- setting
- the
- stage
- for
- the
- continuing
- story
- spanning
- three
- continents
- and
- two
- more
- books.
- With
- “Brainchild”
- (Brainrush
- 4)
- called
- “a
- high-speed
- thriller
- that
- ignites
- pages
- with
- scenes
- of
- action
- and
- suspense”
- by
- Kirkus
- Reviews,
- and
- “Smoke
- &
- Mirrors”
- (Brainrush
- 5)
- named
- “best
- book
- of
- the
- year”
- by
- IndieReader.com,
- this
- mind-gripping
- adventure
- is
- sure
- to
- capture
- the
- imagination
- long
- after
- the
- final
- heart-stopping
- chapter.A
- gifted
- boy
- forced
- to
- grow
- up
- too
- fast...
- A
- father
- who
- will
- do
- anything
- to
- protect
- him...
- A
- madman
- bent
- on
- destroying
- them
- both.In
- Amsterdam,
- a
- visionary
- scientist
- is
- laying
- the
- groundwork
- for
- a
- cybernetic
- life-extension
- project
- that
- will
- transfer
- individual
- consciousness
- to
- a
- personalized
- avatar.
- Halfway
- around
- the
- world,
- his
- brilliant
- grandson
- is
- secretly
- planning
- to
- use
- the
- same
- technology
- to
- infiltrate
- the
- world’s
- most
- secure
- networks.
- But
- the
- scientific
- advances
- necessary
- to
- perfect
- the
- brain-to-computer
- interface
- are
- slow
- in
- coming,
- too
- slow
- for
- the
- aging
- founder
- of
- the
- Everlast
- foundation—who
- may
- die
- before
- realizing
- his
- dream
- of
- immortality—and
- too
- slow
- for
- his
- ruthless
- grandson,
- who
- will
- stop
- at
- nothing
- to
- attain
- the
- recognition
- that
- is
- his
- birthright.Caught
- in
- the
- middle
- are
- Jake
- Bronson
- and
- his
- seven-year-old
- son,
- Alex,
- whose
- combined
- mental
- gifts
- might
- provide
- the
- key
- to
- leapfrogging
- the
- impasse.
When
- Jake’s
- family
- and
- closest
- friends
- are
- simultaneously
- abducted
- in
- a
- globally
- coordinated
- kidnapping
- scheme,
- Jake
- is
- thrust
- into
- a
- frantic
- race
- that
- takes
- him
- from
- the
- canals
- of
- Amsterdam
- and
- the
- cobbled
- streets
- of
- Rome
- to
- the
- back
- alleys
- of
- Hong
- Kong
- and
- the
- South
- China
- jungles,
- where
- he
- must
- lever
- every
- scrap
- of
- his
- failing
- abilities
- to
- rescue
- his
- loved
- ones
- and
- crush
- a
- madman’s
- plans
- to
- bring
- the
- world
- to
- its
- knees.An
- “international
- thriller
- with
- soul.”
- Ideal
- reading
- for
- fans
- of
- Michael
- Crichton,
- Clive
- Cussler,
- James
- Rollins,
- Brad
- Thor,
- Dan
- Brown,
- Matthew
- Reilly,
- Tom
- Clancy,
- Robert
- Ludlum,
- and
- Vince
- Flynn.Note:
- “Smoke
- &
- Mirrors”
- was
- formerly
- entitled
- “Ephemeral”Editorial
- Reviews“Smoke
- &
- Mirrors
- doesn’t
- hold
- back
- on
- danger,
- thrills,
- or
- page-turning
- action.
- Named
- one
- of
- our
- best
- books
- of
- the
- year.”
- —IndieReader.com“The
- action
- will
- get
- your
- heart
- pumping
- and
- if
- you
- aren’t
- careful,
- you
- may
- be
- up
- well
- after
- your
- bedtime.
- Once
- you
- start,
- you
- won’t
- want
- to
- stop
- until
- it’s
- over.
- Once
- again,
- Richard
- Bard
- shows
- he
- is
- a
- master
- when
- it
- comes
- to
- penning
- taut
- thrillers.
- —Self-Publishing Review
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