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In 27.6 hours, Suzanne Sawyer will cease to exist.
With little tolerance for error and a desire for immediate results, she relentlessly pushes her scientific research team forward with one goal in mind: miniaturizing organic matter. Though they resent her treatment of them, they know they're on the verge of a breakthrough. While preparing for their latest test, a computer malfunction traps Suzanne inside the reduction chamber. Her team tries to power down the system and unlock the door, but they are seconds too late. After a blinding flash of light, Suzanne is knocked unconscious.
She wakes up in the familiar surroundings of the lab, angered by the team's failure which cost her a few inches of her height. As time passes, her desk chair rises higher and her clothes grow looser. The exposure is still taking effect, and calculations confirm that she's shrinking at an alarming rate of two and a half inches per hour. Her team must quickly develop a method to stop and reverse the process-and save Suzanne's life-before time runs out. As the lab and its occupants loom larger, she investigates the mishap only to discover that it wasn't an accident.
Someone wanted her to disappear.
With little tolerance for error and a desire for immediate results, she relentlessly pushes her scientific research team forward with one goal in mind: miniaturizing organic matter. Though they resent her treatment of them, they know they're on the verge of a breakthrough. While preparing for their latest test, a computer malfunction traps Suzanne inside the reduction chamber. Her team tries to power down the system and unlock the door, but they are seconds too late. After a blinding flash of light, Suzanne is knocked unconscious.
She wakes up in the familiar surroundings of the lab, angered by the team's failure which cost her a few inches of her height. As time passes, her desk chair rises higher and her clothes grow looser. The exposure is still taking effect, and calculations confirm that she's shrinking at an alarming rate of two and a half inches per hour. Her team must quickly develop a method to stop and reverse the process-and save Suzanne's life-before time runs out. As the lab and its occupants loom larger, she investigates the mishap only to discover that it wasn't an accident.
Someone wanted her to disappear.
274 pages, Paperback
First published June 16, 2014
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August 14, 2014
I voraciously tore through this excellent debut novel. The characters were all incredibly believable with wonderful motives that were deeply developed for each and every one. Durham does a great job of writing a mystery that has enough science to weave a completely believable (and exciting) plot, with several amazing twists and turns, without being overly wordy. At no point was the novel slow, and the final 150 pages are an absolute adrenaline rush. I couldn't turn the page fast enough!
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