Tracks

by Mike Gordon

In Boston, a phone in the night call warns a man of his imminent heart attack. In London, a girl is murdered, pushed under a Tube train. In Texas, a salesman dies from an unknown and lethal virus. Behind these events lie a corrupt US corporation, a deviant London psychiatrist, a secretive Federal agency, an avaricious billionaire, and a brilliant but troubled technologist - each driven by ambitions and lusts which converge to a conclusion that. in today's world, is frighteningly believable.

308 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clever biotech thriller. A nasty virus outbreak occurs in the US, but technology is being developed to deal with it. The government uses the crisis to further it's own political agenda. As if!

[Claire Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up off of Amazon while it was free for one day only… the synopsis intrigued me, it sounded mysterious, and to be honest I thought this was going to run throughout the book, but unfortunately the part that intrigued me was explained pretty sharpish, and actually the book was totally different to what I expected. However I still enjoyed the read, being from a fairly technical background it was quite interesting to read a story with a systems developer at the forefront, a first for me. It also touched on both mental health, the future of medicine and the idea of government control of a population. All in all a good debut novel (I believe?) from this author.