Slatewiper Author:Lewis Perdue * FACT: Our chromosomes contain billions of so-called "junk DNA" sequences. Some of them are the intact genetic blueprints of ancient gene-altering pathogens. — * FACT: Bioweapons designers are developing deadly, genetically engineered, killer life-forms that are triggered by race-and ethnic-related genes. — * FACT: DNA analysis shows that the hum... more »an race has come extremely close to extinction in the past. One cause of this could have been a "slatewiper"-a lethal pestilence that nearly wiped the human slate clean.
* FACT: By the end of World War II, Japan's biowarfare arsenal was the most advanced in the world thanks to its inhumane medical experiments that equaled those of the Third Reich.
The time has come for . . . Slatewiper.
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. She agrees to help and, with a single phone call, sets in motion a chain of death and mayhem stretching from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., Amsterdam, and Japan.
To her horror, she discovers her life's work has been perverted to produce a revolutionary new genetic weapon that kills by turning people's own chromosomes against them.
Now Lara must risk assassination to expose the conspiracy behind "Slatewiper"-before a nightmarish terrorist scheme threatens the entire human race with extinction!« less
Slatewiper is very well written and a lot scary since it is based on facts of biomedical atrocities. It makes you want to know more about the research for a contagion that could kill millions.
Exciting, plausible SLATEWIPER is a great thriller starring a strong woman who readers will appreciate and relate to. The story line is action packed yet the author makes sure the scientific basis for the theme is well presented and easily understood 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.
Good plot and the characters are very interesting. It can be complicated to follow, esp. if you don't know a lot about Japanese culture and history. However, the book was well researched and a lot of the information the book contains is based on factual history. The genetics in the book can be difficult to follow without a degree in science at times, but overall the science is fairly accurate and makes you wonder what we are doing even messing around with our very genes. The consequences may be disastrous for us all.