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Warner & Lopez #2
The Fusion Cage
Deep in the mountain wilderness of Missouri, a lone hiker in the forests witnesses a brilliant pulse of light that temporarily blinds her as she returns to her remote hometown of Clearwater. Upon recovering her vision the following morning, she is shocked to find that every single one of the town’s three hundred inhabitants have vanished. Worse, Clearwater looks as though nobody has set foot in it for more than half a century…
The Defense Intelligence Agency, struggling to root out the identities of the members of “Majestic Twelve”, a powerful cabal suspected of discreetly directing world affairs for profit, dispatches Ethan Warner and Nicola Lopez to Clearwater in an effort to discover what happened to the population and why the news media hasn’t covered the remarkable vanishing.
They find a town deserted for decades and yet evidence of recent habitation is concealed beneath the grime and filth of ages. Stumbling upon the lone survivor, suddenly they are plunged into a conspiracy that could change the world forever. From the forests of Missouri, to the scorching deserts of Saudi Arabia and the high-tech laboratories of a massive nuclear facility in France, they face a whirlwind of corporate espionage while being pursued by hitmen charged with ensuring nobody ever learns of mass disappearances that have occurred in remote towns around the world for decades…
The Fusion Cage is the second volume of the Warner & Lopez series from internationally best-selling author Dean Crawford.
REVIEW
Praise for Dean Crawford:
"The fossilized remains of a 7,000-year-old creature dug from the sands of the Negev Desert in Israel become the bones of contention in Dean Crawford's fast-paced debut thriller... The book neatly threads together a wild variety of plotlines." - Wall Street Journal
“… cleverly introduced premise… assured pacing and plotting…” - Publishers Weekly
“The action is frenetic, in the vein of Matthew Reilly’s Scarecrow series. Crawford is an able storyteller who smoothly orchestrates the plot’s twists and turns… ” – Kirkus Reviews
“… brilliant high-concept, high-octane thriller….” - The Guardian
"A fast-paced and entertaining yarn." - Melbourne Age
"Partly mythical read, part thriller this pacy tale is a page turner guaranteed to keep you up late." - The Sun
"Get the cameras rolling—Indiana Jones meets Alien. What a combination of mystery, suspense, and unspeakable horror. I loved it!" - R.L. Stine
“This is an amazingly good, intelligently told novel by an exciting new British author.” - Eurocrime
"Earth-shattering intrigue, hyperdrive action and a desperate race to save humanity, cranked up to the max with scarily realistic science and apocalyptic religion thrown in for good measure . . . a major new talent has hit the mystery thriller scene!" - Scott Mariani
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dean Crawford began writing after his dream of becoming a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force was curtailed when he failed their stringent sight tests.
The Defense Intelligence Agency, struggling to root out the identities of the members of “Majestic Twelve”, a powerful cabal suspected of discreetly directing world affairs for profit, dispatches Ethan Warner and Nicola Lopez to Clearwater in an effort to discover what happened to the population and why the news media hasn’t covered the remarkable vanishing.
They find a town deserted for decades and yet evidence of recent habitation is concealed beneath the grime and filth of ages. Stumbling upon the lone survivor, suddenly they are plunged into a conspiracy that could change the world forever. From the forests of Missouri, to the scorching deserts of Saudi Arabia and the high-tech laboratories of a massive nuclear facility in France, they face a whirlwind of corporate espionage while being pursued by hitmen charged with ensuring nobody ever learns of mass disappearances that have occurred in remote towns around the world for decades…
The Fusion Cage is the second volume of the Warner & Lopez series from internationally best-selling author Dean Crawford.
REVIEW
Praise for Dean Crawford:
"The fossilized remains of a 7,000-year-old creature dug from the sands of the Negev Desert in Israel become the bones of contention in Dean Crawford's fast-paced debut thriller... The book neatly threads together a wild variety of plotlines." - Wall Street Journal
“… cleverly introduced premise… assured pacing and plotting…” - Publishers Weekly
“The action is frenetic, in the vein of Matthew Reilly’s Scarecrow series. Crawford is an able storyteller who smoothly orchestrates the plot’s twists and turns… ” – Kirkus Reviews
“… brilliant high-concept, high-octane thriller….” - The Guardian
"A fast-paced and entertaining yarn." - Melbourne Age
"Partly mythical read, part thriller this pacy tale is a page turner guaranteed to keep you up late." - The Sun
"Get the cameras rolling—Indiana Jones meets Alien. What a combination of mystery, suspense, and unspeakable horror. I loved it!" - R.L. Stine
“This is an amazingly good, intelligently told novel by an exciting new British author.” - Eurocrime
"Earth-shattering intrigue, hyperdrive action and a desperate race to save humanity, cranked up to the max with scarily realistic science and apocalyptic religion thrown in for good measure . . . a major new talent has hit the mystery thriller scene!" - Scott Mariani
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dean Crawford began writing after his dream of becoming a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force was curtailed when he failed their stringent sight tests.
303 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 16, 2015
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
July 6, 2015
Schemes, Plots, and Monkey Wrenches
Ethan Warner fights back against powerful corporations and misused powers of secret entities of the government. Ethan and his friend battle against truly evil actions against a panoply of locations and tries to be the monkey wrench in the plots.
Ethan Warner fights back against powerful corporations and misused powers of secret entities of the government. Ethan and his friend battle against truly evil actions against a panoply of locations and tries to be the monkey wrench in the plots.
September 9, 2015
Once again Warner and Lopez, continue to bring to the gene of action thriller what is sadly missing in other books, Dean Crawford has added to and blow out of the water the nemesis origin, which was a nice add on to the original five books keep it up.
April 13, 2018
Top class read.
Extremely well written action adventure that moves like an express train. Good believable characters and first class story make this a winner.
Extremely well written action adventure that moves like an express train. Good believable characters and first class story make this a winner.
September 30, 2021
The second in the Warner & Lopez series. Exciting and adventurous.
November 4, 2021
VERY GOOD
March 9, 2016
Hells Yeah!! What an awesome continuation of Warner and Lopez's adventures. The whole name of the book is the premise, The Fusion Cage. Various factions are after it and the creator behind it is on the run from the previously introduced bad guys, Majestic 12. Here we get more of a sense of their plans for the world plus how everyone can be wrong about intentions.
The characters and plot-line is a truly compelling idea where no-one knows about anyone else's way and assumes their actions. I loved how the author set-up each and everyone of the scenes of action. He truly captures each characters take on the scene that is happening
You get truly invested in the characters as you yell at them to not make that decision, they are going to regret it.
Can't wait for the next one
Peace out
The characters and plot-line is a truly compelling idea where no-one knows about anyone else's way and assumes their actions. I loved how the author set-up each and everyone of the scenes of action. He truly captures each characters take on the scene that is happening
You get truly invested in the characters as you yell at them to not make that decision, they are going to regret it.
Can't wait for the next one
Peace out
March 26, 2016
Fantastic Read
Action packed, plenty of twists and turns eluding a very powerful
corporation.
Warner and Lopez are an exciting couple, seeking to solve a very puzzling event.
There is the occasional bit of humour between Warner and Lopez which breaks up the seriousness of the situation.
Action packed, plenty of twists and turns eluding a very powerful
corporation.
Warner and Lopez are an exciting couple, seeking to solve a very puzzling event.
There is the occasional bit of humour between Warner and Lopez which breaks up the seriousness of the situation.
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October 27, 2017Ultimate Power, Free?
Corporations and governments play dirty, every day. Warner and Lopez get called in to look into a group that seems to have free electric power, and also seems to give it away...what is the catch? As you might imagine, not everybody wants to see modern markets for power threatened with destruction, even for free...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS BOTH AN INDIVIDUAL BOOK AND AS A SERIES
Corporations and governments play dirty, every day. Warner and Lopez get called in to look into a group that seems to have free electric power, and also seems to give it away...what is the catch? As you might imagine, not everybody wants to see modern markets for power threatened with destruction, even for free...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS BOTH AN INDIVIDUAL BOOK AND AS A SERIES
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