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Title details for Quantico by Greg Bear - Available

Quantico

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by Greg Bear
Jeff Woodman
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It's the second decade of the twenty-first century, and terrorism has escalated almost beyond control. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem has been blown to bits by extremists, and, in retaliation, thousands have died in another major attack on the United States. The War on Terror has reached a deadly stalemate. Now the FBI has been dispatched to deal with a new menace. A plague targeted to ethnic groups--Jews or Muslims or both--has the potential to wipe out entire populations. But the FBI itself is under political assault. There's a good chance agents William Griffin, Fouad Al-Husam, and Jane Rowland will be part of the last class at Quantico. As the young agents hunt a brilliant homegrown terrorist, they join forces with veteran bio-terror expert Rebecca Rose. But the plot they uncover--and the man they chase--prove to be far more complex than anyone expects.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Quantico

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 1, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792749561
      • File size: 386521 KB
      • Duration: 13:25:15

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Greg Bear's book is slightly misnamed since little of the action takes place at the FBI training center. The story is about an American's plan to unleash a biological weapon. It's the world of the near future, but little has changed. The weapons have improved, but politics and people are much the same. Jeff Woodman, who must have a roomful of Earphones Awards, is one of AUDIOFILE's Top 50 Voices of the Century. He does more than his share to keep this plot moving, giving voice to a developmentally disabled man, a woman with severe facial injuries, and at least a dozen characters of varying ages, races, and accents. Strong writing makes QUANTICO a cut above the average thriller. M.S. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 22, 2007
      This thought-provoking near-future thriller from bestseller Bear (Dead Lines
      ) focuses on two young FBI agents: William Griffin, the son of a legendary FBI lawman, struggles through training; Fouad Al-Husam, who expects suspicion for his heritage and Muslim faith, finds himself instead sent on super-secret missions to the Middle East. Playing a minor supporting role is their Quantico classmate, Jane Rowland. When a quiet man with mismatched eyes starts telling certain fanatics that he can make gene-keyed anthrax to destroy their hereditary enemies, Griffin and Al-Husam form an unlikely team, headed by veteran agent Rebecca Rose, to handle the threat. Bear's near-future science is, as always, eerily plausible, and while he doesn't stint on sharp criticism of political infighting and its potential to hinder antiterrorism efforts, his would-be terrorists become surprisingly sympathetic as the complex details of their true plan are slowly (sometimes too slowly) revealed.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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