Science thriller THE HAN AGENT by Amy Rogers
Coming September 5, another Crichton-esque science thriller novel from ITW member Amy Rogers, author of Petroplague and Reversion
Summary of The Han Agent: In the 1930s, Japanese scientists committed heinous crimes in their quest for the ultimate biological weapon.
The war ended. Their mission did not.
Eighty years later, Japanese-American scientist Amika Nakamura won’t let rules stand between her and scientific glory. When the ambitious young virologist defies a ban on the genetic manipulation of influenza, she’s expelled from the university. Desperate to save her career, she accepts a position with a pharmaceutical company in Tokyo. Soon after, a visit to a disputed island entangles her in a high-profile geopolitical struggle between Japan and China. Applying her singular expertise with bird flu in a risky experiment may be the only way out. Little does she know that Japanese ultranationalists and a legacy of unpunished war crimes lurk in the shadows, manipulating people, politics, and science.
But DNA doesn’t lie. Amika uncovers a shocking truth: a deadly virus is about to put the “gene” in genocide.
Enter to win one of at least two advance reader copies (ARCs) of The Han Agent. US winners get to choose format (print or digital); outside US, digital only. If more than ten entries, additional copies will be awarded. If you win, an online review would be greatly appreciated.
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“Amy Rogers’s latest medical thriller, THE HAN AGENT, is as exciting as it is frighteningly realistic. It could be tomorrow’s headline. Here is a story fraught with tension, sudden explosive action, and threaded through with scientific accuracy and speculation that will leave you stunned. Read it…if only to prepare yourself for what might soon become true.”
—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestseller of The Seventh Plague
“In a stunning ‘what-if’ author-scientist Amy Rogers resurrects the idea of Unit 731, Japan’s notorious wartime biological weapons division, weaving together a diabolical tale of science, genocide, and modern-day bio-terror. Sobering, suspenseful, and absolutely chilling.”
—Barry Lancet, award-winning author of The Spy Across the Table and Tokyo Kill
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Sunnymay 4:49 pm on June 16, 2017 Permalink
At Border’s Bookstore years ago, I heard Tess Gerritsen talk about how she got into writing medical thrillers. I’ve read her book, Never Say Die and sure enough, it had me on the edge of my seat flipping the pages fast. As a nurse, the medical/scientific field holds a lot of interest seeing how true to life it is.
Carole Fortier 7:26 pm on June 16, 2017 Permalink
A long time ago I read “Coma” by Robin Cook. To this day, this book has stayed as one of the best medical/scientific thrillers I have ever read.
Susan P. 5:46 am on June 18, 2017 Permalink
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