Kramer Project, The

Smith, Robert A.

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Language: English

Published by Doubleday Canada Limited, Toronto, 1975

0385114516 / 9780385114516

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BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front, Rear Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover, Pocket; Corners, Spine Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. DESIGN BY: Maher & Garbutt Ltd. SYNOPSIS: The Kramer Project is a skillful blend of fact and fiction that could be a scenario of the future. Dr. Howard Kramer, a Toronto researcher, is slowly leading a team of scientists to the creation of a serum that will accelerate the activity of the human brain. The risks are great; at the moment, only monkeys are being used to test the effects of the preparation. Meanwhile, the Russians have secretly overtaken the Canadians and have injected their serum into a human volunteer. He is linked with a computer with the objective of breaking American defense codes, thus leading Russia to a bloodless Cold War victory. When the Americans learn that their defense shield has been penetrated, they pressure Kramer and his team to rally behind the United States. Thus begins a deadly race that leads to terror on both sides of the Iron Curtain, as the American and Russian volunteers try to survive the effects of the potent and unpredictable serum. The deadly climax will remain with the reader long after the last page has been turned. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Title
Kramer Project, The
Author
Smith, Robert A.
Publisher
Doubleday Canada Limited, Toronto
Publication year
1975
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
Good
Book Type
Ex-Library
Binding
Hard Cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0385114516
ISBN 13
9780385114516
Edition
First Edition 1st Printing.
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