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Summary: Excellent potential. Authors need to take a few seminars
Review: The storyline in this book is excellent. The ability of the authors to tell a story, unfortunately, is not. The problem is the authors seem to lack storytelling skills. As a technology professional I admire their writing, which would sparkle if the book were a technical dissertation. However, when I read a novel (a rare thing), I want it to read like a novel and not like a technical document. If the authors take a few seminars on creative writing, learn how to use words to elicit emotions (except for disdain) and to engage the reader, then rewrite this book it would easily rate 5 stars. Like I said, the storyline is wonderful - the telling of it is, well, dry and sterile.
Rating:
Summary: Lacks reality.
Review: These authors have never been part of an elite force, or maybe they were brain washed during their encounter. I have never seen a man or woman give up their identity, needs, and desires in personal situations. Though highly trained, and do obey a commander, they do not stop thinking. The military does not want androids; who does? Warriors are reasonable or they are terrorists; if scientists are not then it is no wonder the world is at war.
Rating:
Summary: Lacks reality.
Review: These authors have never been part of an elite force, or maybe they were brain washed during their encounter. I have never seen a man or woman give up their identity, needs, and desires in personal situations. Though highly trained, and do obey a commander, they do not stop thinking. The military does not want androids; who does? Warriors are reasonable or they are terrorists; if scientists are not then it is no wonder the world is at war.
Rating: 
Summary: A riveting scenario
Review: This is a book about an all too plausible form of biological terrorism. Or more accurately, perhaps, medical eugenicism. One man has created a vision and a plan for humanity that will change the world forever. For those who are chosen, it will become the perfect world, a world without inherited disease--all inherited disease. The man behind the plan is a brilliant, charismatic scientist, Dr. Marcus Gallagher. He wants to eliminate all genetically inherited disease, and he has created the most advanced research lab on the planet to do it. After hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and 10 years of research, the doctor is almost ready to implement his plan. Unfortunately for humanity, the doctor's idea of how to do this is not what you would expect. Instead of trying to cure people of inherited diseases, for example, cystic fibrosis, he is developing viruses that will instead attack the carriers, thereby removing them from the gene pool, allowing doctor Gallagher to achieve his vision of a genetically perfect world. Doctor Gallagher has gathered a brilliant and dedicated cadre of devoted scientists and doctors to help him develop and carry out this sinister plan. Furthermore, they have been subjected to a cult-like indoctrination and training so that they are absolutely loyal to Dr. Gallagher. They are now part of a new order, a new secret society that will transform the world. Nothing, it seems, can stop the evil Dr. Gallagher from carrying out his plan. If the doctor is able to implement it, millions of people will die. Among the many scientists and doctors on Bloodsworth Island, a small island in Chesapeake Bay which houses the lab, only one man, Dr. Gene Nolan, has doubts about the doctor and his plans. But how can one man stop the seemingly omnipotent Dr. Gallagher and his cadre of hundreds of absolutely loyal men? Will he be able to break free of the conditioning, will he be able to carry out his plan in time to stop the evil Dr. Gallagher? We may soon have the genetic knowledge that will make such a sinister plan possible. Combining a realistic scientific premise with a suspenseful story, this is an imaginative scientific thriller about a terrifying, but all too possible, future.
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