The Third Instinct
A Dan Clifford Novel
Published on 9. January 2023
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-7653-8224-5 (ISBN)
Description
In The Third Instinct, author Kent Lester brings his signature blend of cutting-edge science, history, and pulse-pounding action to the latest Dan Clifford adventure.
A shadowy group of bio-hackers called the Firemen threaten to worsen the Covid pandemic by releasing an even more lethal version of the pathogen. But what drives the Firemen and how do their motivations relate to the wealth of the Roman Empire and to the third basic human instinct?
The answers may lie with prediction scientist Dan Clifford. Unemployed and struggling with two years of pandemic isolation, he is rebuilding both his career and personal life. His plans to propose to his adrenaline-junkie girlfriend, Rachel Sullivan, are interrupted by the FBI. Dan must connect a maze of clues from the shadowy underworld of Savannah's hacker community to the ancient powerbrokers of Rome and in doing so, uncover a hidden agenda of big Pharma and a two-thousand-year-old battle for control of public opinion.
A shadowy group of bio-hackers called the Firemen threaten to worsen the Covid pandemic by releasing an even more lethal version of the pathogen. But what drives the Firemen and how do their motivations relate to the wealth of the Roman Empire and to the third basic human instinct?
The answers may lie with prediction scientist Dan Clifford. Unemployed and struggling with two years of pandemic isolation, he is rebuilding both his career and personal life. His plans to propose to his adrenaline-junkie girlfriend, Rachel Sullivan, are interrupted by the FBI. Dan must connect a maze of clues from the shadowy underworld of Savannah's hacker community to the ancient powerbrokers of Rome and in doing so, uncover a hidden agenda of big Pharma and a two-thousand-year-old battle for control of public opinion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
St Martin's Press
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7653-8224-5 (9780765382245)
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12/2022
Forge Books
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Person
KENT LESTER is an entrepreneur, futurist, and author who writes fiction and nonfiction. His insatiable curiosity led to an eclectic career with an interest in science, technology, and complexity that is reflected in the uncanny accuracy of his stories. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Penny.