Triggers - Hardcover

Sawyer, Robert J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1937007162 ISBN 13: 9781937007164

Publisher: Ace Books, 2012

Synopsis

On the eve of a secret military operation, an assassin's bullet strikes President Seth Jerrison. He is rushed to the hospital, where surgeons struggle to save his life.

At the same hospital, researcher Dr. Ranjip Singh is experimenting with a device that can erase traumatic memories.

Then a terrorist bomb detonates. In the operating room, the president suffers cardiac arrest. He has a near-death experience-but the memories that flash through Jerrison's mind are nothis memories.

It quickly becomes clear that the electromagnetic pulse generated by the bomb amplified and scrambled Dr. Singh's equipment, allowing a random group of people to access one another's minds.

And now one of those people has access to the president's memories- including classified information regarding the upcoming military mission, which, if revealed, could cost countless lives. But the task of determining who has switched memories with whom is a daunting one- particularly when some of the people involved have reason to lie...

About this title

Product Description:

Rare book

Review:

""Triggers" is constantly gripping on the surface and seriously provocative deep down."--"Wall Street Journal"
"Enthralling. Despite the near-dystopian setting, "Triggers" is haunting in its optimism. It was a joy to read." --"San Francisco Book Review"
""Triggers" has the hard-core military/political insights of Robert A. Heinlein, and the compassion of Theodore Sturgeon."--Jonathan Vos Post
"No one digs into a sci-fi thought experiment with quite the zest that Robert J. Sawyer does. Sawyer doesn't stint the thriller framework, but the story's real joy is the care he takes in exploring the details of the memory-sharing."--"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"

"First and foremost, Robert J. Sawyer is a rip-roaring good storyteller...There are few authors writing today that bring such a strong combination of literate storytelling and complex ideas to the page. Robert J. Sawyer is one of the best in the business right now, and "Triggers" is him at his finest."--"The Maine Edge" (Bangor, Maine)

"Robert J. Sawyer pulls together elements of a gripping political thriller with cutting-edge psychological insights to create a story that works on many levels. "Triggers" has the pacing of an episode of "24" and the philosophical sensibilities of an Isaac Asimov novel, so any readers who were introduced to Sawyer through his television series "FlashForward" will find it particularly interesting."--"Black Gate"

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1937007162
• ISBN 13: 9781937007164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 342