


|a Tibet Autonomous Region (China) |v Fiction. |a 'Responding to rumors of a disease outbreak, an American spy discovers thousands dead in Tibet as the result of a Chinese weapons test based on genetic traits in the first novel in a new techno-thriller series.'. |a Ashland, OR : |b Blackstone Publishing, |c 2018. |a The last sword maker / |c Brian Nelson. |a IMmBT |b eng |e rda |c TXN |d OCLCO |d QQ3 |d JNE |d YDX |d BDX |d MJ8 |d NGP |d E3V

The author lays out an intriguing (and very scary) possibility that might well lie in mankind's future, in an account jam packed with highly improbable, but most entertaining, action. We'll just have to wait for the next Course of Empire episode to find out. Along the way, the post-human Inventor played a strong role - is he creator or destroyer? Their fate seems sealed until a Tibetan agent takes a hand. Then, Eric and Ryan are kidnapped by the Chinese. He becomes close to two other young scientists, Jane and Ryan. in chemical engineering at Stanford, is recruited for the project and soon becomes a key team member. Young Eric Hill, about to complete his Ph.D. Very concerned that the Chinese are close to developing a programmable virus with full replication capability, senior US government and military officials assign Rear Admiral James Curtiss the task of accelerating their own research - and making sure the US team wins the race, whatever the cost. It turns out not to be a disease outbreak, but rather the test of a biological weapon that kills those with specific genetic traits. The story begins with a Tibetan genocide, thousands of bodies rushed into mass graves. Though the villain and the scientific talents are definitely over the top, I was glued to its pages, curious to see where the author would take this idea of a new arms race, based on 'a new breed of biological weapon', a nanovirus. The Last Sword Maker: Course of Empire #1 by Brian Nelsonīrian Nelson's The Last Sword Maker is a compelling near future thriller, first in his Course of Empire series.
