About the Author

DOUGLAS PRESTON is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Impact, Tyrannosaur Canyon, and Blasphemy. With Lincoln Child, he co-wrote the famed Pendergast novels, including such #1 bestselling titles as Two Graves and White Fire, as well as Relic, which was named by NPR in a reader's poll as one of the 100 greatest thrillers ever written.

Reviews

"Preston's wildly creative novels expertly blend real science and heart-stopping thrills. He is, quite simply, the new and improved Michael Crichton." --Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Playing with Fire "Preston takes a fantastic idea and makes it real. Artificial intelligence and cyber-warfare are not the stuff of science fiction anymore." --Larry Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Fatal Thunder "Expert, chilling and all too convincing, this brilliant, nightmarish take on the future of cyber-consciousness is one of the few thrillers that truly thrills--while raising questions that should unsettle every one of us. Wickedly smart and tremendously entertaining!" --Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of The Damned of Petersburg "Preston trumps Crichton at his best." --David Hagberg, New York Times bestselling author of End Game "The possible successor to Michael Crichton . . . Some novels you want to savor, some you want to read so quickly that you can scarcely keep yourself from tearing pages as you move forward. Preston's entertaining accomplishments tend toward the latter." --Alan Cheuse, NPR "A very entertaining thriller . . . Bravo." --Booklist (starred review) "Fans of Preston's previous Wyman Ford technothrillers . . . will demand this book." --Library Journal