Spiral - Hardcover

Advance praise for "Spiral" ""Spiral "by Paul McEuen carries the reader on a fascinating ride through a world of bioweaponry, nanoscience, murder, and international intrigue. This gripping story, partially based on Unit 731, the biological warfare group of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, is one of the best debut thrillers I've read in a long time."--Douglas Preston, author of "Impact" and "The Monster of Florence" ""Spiral" is an all-too-frighteningly-real tale. This is an exciting debut."--Steve Berry, author of T"he Emperor's Tomb"" " "A riveting story that combines international intrigue with fascinating inventions such as the MicroCrawler, a spiderlike robot with knife-sharp legs. In more ways than one, "Spiral" will get under your skin." --Mark Alpert, author of "Final Theory" "Fast-paced and suspenseful . . . McEuen, a leader in nanoscience research at Cornell, makes unsettling use of recent developments in the field. . . . After you've finished the book, try not hearing [the MicroCrawlers] go" tink tink tink" in the night. . . . exciting and unsettling."--"Kirkus Reviews""It's hard to reckon with the realization that a prominent scientist in a cutting-edge field, writing his first novel in his "spare time," has created what may be the most gripping and engrossing thriller this reviewer has ever read in almost 50 years of thriller reading...[Paul McEuen] wisely writes about what he knows...but also shows a true gift for plotting, pace, characterization, and writerly clarity...and remarkably, he makes [his] ideas accessible to typical thriller aficionados. A stunning achievement." - Booklist, starred review