The Prototype
The Prototype Trilogy Book 1
2nd Edition
Published on 2. December 2024
Book
Hardback
336 pages
979-8-9916226-0-8 (ISBN)
Description
In The Prototype, former Road & Track editor Sam Mitani weaves the thrill of high-speed action with the suspension of international espionage. Follow the ambitious automotive journalist Stockton Clay, who finds himself tangled in the dangerous plot of a secretive car company called Kamita Motors. What could they want with him?
What starts as his big break to cover a new supercar suddenly spirals into life or death, set against the sun-soaked streets of California, the glamorous French Riviera, and the unpredictable Tokyo underworld.
Clay must navigate a world where the line between innovation and destruction is razor-thin, full of cutting-edge vehicles that mask a sinister conspiracy. Can a magazine writer uncover this high-stakes chess match to learn the truth? To do it, he'll have to risk everything.
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Series
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
638 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9916226-0-8 (9798991622608)
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Person
Sam Mitani was born in Tokyo, Japan, and moved to Southern California with his family at the age of two, where he grew up. He was the first Asian-American senior staff member of an English language major automobile publication and is best known for his work as International Editor for Road & Track magazine, where he was a staff editor for 22 years. Among his many automotive firsts, Sam was a member of the first American motorcycle tour of Vietnam since the war. The exploits of this trek were chronicled in Cycle World magazine. In 2010, he set a class land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in a modified four-cylinder Suzuki Kizashi family sedan, clocking 203.73 mph. This run also qualified him to join the exclusive and prestigious Bonneville Salt Flats 200-mph Club. Sam holds a 6th-degree black belt in judo and has previously placed third at the World Masters Championship International Competition in São Paulo, Brazil. His debut novel, The Prototype, was published in 2018. Red Mist is his second novel and the second book in The Prototype Trilogy, followed by the third and final book entitled Keys to the Empire.