Slatewiper

By Lewis Perdue

Book Overview

Lara Blackwood, genetic engineering entrepreneur and presidential advisor, receives a call from an old college friend who asks her help in solving a ghastly epidemic in Tokyo. That phone call sets in motion a chain of death and mayhem stretching from San Francisco to Washington, DC; from Amsterdam to Japan. To her horror, Lara discovers that her life's work has been perverted to produce a revolutionary new genetic weapon that kills by turning people's own chromosomes against them. Lara risks assassination to expose the conspiracy behind "Slatewiper"-before a nightmarish terrorist scheme threatens the entire human race with extinction.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765340666
• ISBN13: 9780765340665
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

I NEED TO SHOWER AFTER READING THIS!!!

Why, you ask? Maybe it is because I felt dirty after reading it. Perdue does a fantastic job of digging up the lowest scum of mankind and then making that scum turn into characters on paper. After reading the book I feel like ranting on and on about politics, terrorism, and the deep seeded corruption that lies within the very men and women that we look upon to save us. But I will not to that. I will tell you to read this book and to open your eyes to the possibility that this could be our future. (The author's note at the end is a powerful statement by Lewis Perdue, make sure you read it.)

Chilling, really moves fast.

Slatewiper is a chilling tale, especially the parts that seem to have come true since Perdue's writing of it. The Red Cross, Brotish Medical Association and others are now warning about the sort of race weapon in Slatewiper. I particularly liked the Heroine and how she struggled with her body image even after success in athletics and being an entrepreneur. She is not beautiful in a typical sense, but has a womanly beauty that appeals to me. I think a strong woman like Kate Blackwood frightens men. I like that too, The writing in this book is superb and the tension and action make it a top action thriller.

Great thriller

See book summary above.I was very surprised by this international thriller. There wasn't much said about it, yet it ranks right up there with one of the best I've read recently. It's based on the interesting premise of creating a genetic virus that attacks (with 100% fatalities) only certain ethnic groups. The leader of that group is a powerful neo-nationalist japanese industrialist.As well as being very suspenseful and well written, Lewis Perdue has done a lot of research regarding Japan's atrocities during WW2, ranking very near the cruelty of the Nazis. The science is solid, too.I recommend this to anyone who likes a good scientific/medical thriller with international locales.

Exciting, plausible perhaps even today

Perhaps the only female superstar in the molecular genetics world, CEO Lara Blackwood runs GenIntron, a bioengineering lab, a firm developing cures or treatments for diseases using synthetic genes made from DNA. Lara feels good about her work and even serves as an advisor to the president. However, her perfect world crumbles when GenIntron's new parent company board fires her and Tokyo is devastated by a deadly disease that uses a person's DNA to kill he or she.SLATEWIPER contains a synthetic gene similar to Lara's work that destroys people from within by converting them into slime. The Korean population residing in Tokyo is being eradicated as a genocide conspiracy of biblical proportion is happening. Lara is the only hope to stop Tokutaru Kurata from ethnic cleansing that will leave Japan for the Japanese. The quest becomes even more personal when Laura finds out that a hitwoman is killing off Lara's scientific associates.Exciting, plausible perhaps even today, SLATEWIPER is a superb thriller starring a strong woman who, except for the macho male muffins, readers will appreciate. The story line is action packed yet the author makes sure the scientific basis for the theme is presented, easily understood in spite of the complexity of the topic, yet interwoven into the plot so nothing slows it down. Fans of scientific based thrillers will quickly realize that this book is worth setting aside several because once you start, you are hooked at a microbiological brain level to finish it in one sitting.Harriet Klausner