Acid Test

by Ross Lamanna

It's the near future, and Batu Khan, a charismatic and ruthless dictator emulating the tactics and exploits of Genghis Khan, has forged an alliance of central Asian countries that threatens to destabilize the world's balance of power. Meanwhile, a series of seemingly unconnected acts of violence are committed by ordinary people with suddenly superhuman abilities, abilities similar to those exhibited by the Khaldun, Batu Khan's elite soldiers. Matt Wilder, a special investigator for Air Force Intelligence, has firsthand experience with the Khaldun, who have infiltrated the military's top secret testing sites and stolen plans for the air force's newest planes and weapons. When he focuses on what the media dubs the Yuppie Killers, he discovers the one thing they all have in a connection with a chemistry professor at Rexford University, and a long-ago experiment with LSD whose effects, 30 years later, are just like those shown by Batu Khan's soldiers. This page-turner, which spans the globe from the Asian steppes to the Australian desert, features enough hardware to satisfy Tom Clancy fans and plenty of medical science to intrigue Robin Cook's readers. Ross LaManna's Hollywood background (he wrote the screenplay for Jackie Chan's Rush Hour) shows up in the intricate, cinematic plotting--and in the bigger-than-life characterizations of the key players, including the American president, whose own acid flashback almost puts America right in Batu Khan's hands. Explosive, exciting, and hard to put down, Acid Test practically screams Big Screen. --Jane Adams

Genres: Thriller, Fiction

Hardcover

First published July 31, 2001

Reviews

[Ron McGuire · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book with some great potential, the first part was certainly readable while the second part as Wilder chases down the 'bad guy' is totally unbelievable. My question is 'how does one spacewalk from one hypersonic war place to another when the vehicles are travelling at mach 12 or whatever'? Oh well it's just a story.

[Renny · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rather fantastical science fiction type of story...

[Jo Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jon Ellis]

Published in 2001 I picked this off my bookshelf as a reread. Its lasted quite well for a thriller with a lot of the ideas and technology still relevant today. Like a lot of thrillers it starts well but then takes a few steps too far and becomes unrealistic. For me thats the end of a good story.
It won't be going back on the bookshelf.

[Momm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Time to think what the world would be like with such evil as Batu Khan and his T.A.A. and the political chaos and threat of nuclear attack that comes with US President Burton Marsh also taking mind-altering drugs.

[J. Ewbank · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty good read for a thriller. It was a little difficult to keep reading at times. The problem that he presents in medicine is a fascinating problem and that is what captured and kept my attention.

J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the book. I was riveted, and to be honest a little scared at the end. I found it a little horrific at parts but the entire concept was very intriguing. Good read if you like Clancy and or Cussler types of books. Enjoy a good read.