The Tesla Bequest

by Lewis Perdue

An ex-navy pilot and a beautiful woman are the only two people who can stop a secret society and its ultimate weapon, a lethal eight-headed serpent, from achieving world domination

Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1984

About the author

Lewis Perdue is the author of 20 published books: 13 thrillers (some bestselling, including 3 co-authored with Lee Goldberg). Lew has also written seven non-fiction works ranging from wine to technology.

He is currently a biomedical researcher affiliated with the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, publishes Wine Industry Insight (for the trade), is an algorithm inventor at Revolution Algorithms, and consults with early stage technology companies. He lives near Sonoma, California.

Lew is an honors graduate of Cornell University where he studied organic chemistry, biology and communications. Financially self-supporting at age 18, Perdue financed his education by working full time at two Gannett daily newspapers.

He has worked as an investigative journalist in Washington DC for Jack Anderson, and has written for The Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Nation and other publications.

He's served as a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Online, CBS Marketwatch, and TheStreet.Com.

In addition to journalism, Lew has been Chief Marketing Officer for a technology company (Transpositional Modulation Technologies), served as a top staff member for U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, and Mississippi Governor Bill Waller. He's also been a Managing Director for MSLGroup of Publicis Worldwide.

Lew is a native of the Mississippi Delta, and -- like the hero of his thrillers, Perfect Killer & Hellhound -- is the disinherited scion of a politically powerful, Faulknerian heritage.

Reviews

[Igor Łata · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thriller napisany w ciekawy sposób. Jedynie pod koniec zajeżdżało - przynajmniej dla mnie - strasznie bohaterszczyzną. Ale książka była w całości zachowana w tym klimacie, więc wybaczam.
Kilka luźnych przemyśleń:
- Całość się przyjemnie czytało.
- Dużo postaci, powiedziałbym nawet że trochę za dużo.
Wogóle sam pomysł na stworzenie thrillera wokół papierów Tesli jest genialnym pomysłem 🤩.
Overall nie żałuję że przeczytałem; nie wiem jak dobra jest to książka w porównaniu z innymi z gatunku, bo tych nie czytałem dużo.
7.8/10
(jestem fanem Frasera)

[Cvetannka · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a BIIIG FAN of Tesla. And of course, this is why I bought the book.
As a thriller book, it focuses on a popular subject: Nikola Tesla's stolen papers, which contain information about his 'death ray' or similar terrifying weapon.

[Ignjat Ilic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This books was for me to rest from classics and it was a great choice . ( Luckilyy my frend had it in old house ) It took me 2 or 3 days to read it how interesting it was . A good thriller which makes you thinking what would happen and how powerful Teslas legacy is.

[Krzyszu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Przeciętnie opowiedziany kryminał, o nieprzeciętnym pomyśle [albo: przemyśle] na podbój Świata.

[Jerome Pampinella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exciting from beginning to end.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been off the global conspiracy genre for a long time, This is possibly the best I can remember reading. While it was written at a point where cell phones only existed when wired into a vehicle, he was offering up a view of an EMP burst as threatening the world economy. I realize that
other people have used it more recently but I can't remember an earlier use of this.
Excellent book.