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Nemesis
Nemesis
Author: Bill Napier
THE CODE BURIED IN A CENTURIES-OLD MANUSCRIPT… — From a remote Scottish mountain, Dr. Oliver Webb—one of the world’s great physicists—is whisked away by a military helicopter and routed to the Mexican border. Along with the leading men of physics and one sexy atom smasher, Webb is given an impossible task: identify ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312936808
ISBN-10: 031293680X
Publication Date: 8/29/2006
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 57 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed Nemesis on + 35 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
One of the few books I have stopped reading before getting to the ending. It's a terrible mix of the movie armageddon and the da vinci code. His writing style is so hard to follow I kept re-reading things to see if I had missed a page.
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Helpful Score: 1
Nice Touch on possible end of the world spin. First Napier book, plan on ordering other listing.
Alameda avatar reviewed Nemesis on + 336 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Everyone else seems to give this a half star. I give it 2-1/2. It was OK for what it is.

Asteroid about to hit the USA, predicted 400 years earlier in Latin manuscript, time running out.
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reviewed Nemesis on + 63 more book reviews
The code buried in a centuries-old manuscript is the only salvation for the survival of the United States. An electrifying tace against time, Nemesis spans centuries and the globe in a white-hot journey through physics, history, geopolitics-and mankind's ultimate duel with the unknown.
A fast paced and a great read!
SwampCatNana avatar reviewed Nemesis on + 58 more book reviews
Good story, lots of science involved. I like that kind of info. Really surprised by a couple of twists but, essentially knew the ending not far into the book.
Lee
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Author Bill Napier's first novel, NEMESIS, features a Scottish astronomer, Dr. Oliver Webb, who is racing against time to find an earth-crossing asteroid that has been deflected by a foreign power to strike and completely destroy North America. After one of Webb's colleagues dies in an unlikely accident, he discovers that the key to the asteroid's identity is cryptically concealed in a 17th century astronomical manuscript penned by a Catholic monk who was accused of heresy. A surprise ending highlights this action-packed thriller. If you like James Rollins' ICE HUNT or Matthew Reilly's CONTEST, then you'll like NEMESIS.


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