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The Unit #7
Engineered for Death
In the seventh book of The Unit series, author Anne Fox explores the frightening prospect of a terrorist group acquiring a weapon of mass destruction. Can Hank and her teammates find the terrorists before they deploy their deadly weapon? What will be the consequences of failure?
306 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2019
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Anne Fox
25 books47 followersAnne Fox is an author (obviously), firearms instructor, former flight instructor, and holds degrees in music and biochemistry/molecular biology. She currently spends her time writing, traveling, and participating in marksmanship competitions.
Living in the desert Southwest city of El Paso, Texas, she draws heavily from her own experiences and past travels while accompanying a husband in the military to bring life to her stories. She enjoys traveling and seeing what the United States has to offer while based out of her travel trailer.
Her non-human friends include two Maine Coon cats (Sigwan and Hebert), a flock of chickens that lay blue eggs, and a pond full of goldfish. She also participates in El Paso's Community Cats program by caring for a colony of feral cats. She enjoys a host of hobbies which she also draws from for her books: rockhounding, gardening, jewelry-making, beadwork, silk flower arranging, and other crafts.
Living in the desert Southwest city of El Paso, Texas, she draws heavily from her own experiences and past travels while accompanying a husband in the military to bring life to her stories. She enjoys traveling and seeing what the United States has to offer while based out of her travel trailer.
Her non-human friends include two Maine Coon cats (Sigwan and Hebert), a flock of chickens that lay blue eggs, and a pond full of goldfish. She also participates in El Paso's Community Cats program by caring for a colony of feral cats. She enjoys a host of hobbies which she also draws from for her books: rockhounding, gardening, jewelry-making, beadwork, silk flower arranging, and other crafts.
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December 6, 2021
I'll once again state my bias as the author of the book.
I revisited Engineered for Death for the same reason I periodically revisit all of the books I've written: to do some minor editing and update the list of books in The Unit series.
This book is one where I drew heavily on my own background as a biochemist and molecular biologist, having once worked on the development of a biowarfare detector for the U.S. military while a graduate student. With the advent of CRISPR and my own background, it was easy to envision how CRISPR's genetic engineering capabilities could be used to develop a weapon of mass destruction. No, I didn't give out how it could be done, though anyone with the same background I have can certainly envision the methods to use. But I found it an interesting premise for the potential actions of a terrorist group.
With that said, I will relate that many of the things that appear in the discussions between the book's characters have a great deal of basis in reality. Both of the books mentioned in the story, Germs and A Crack in Creation, are actual books.
I revisited Engineered for Death for the same reason I periodically revisit all of the books I've written: to do some minor editing and update the list of books in The Unit series.
This book is one where I drew heavily on my own background as a biochemist and molecular biologist, having once worked on the development of a biowarfare detector for the U.S. military while a graduate student. With the advent of CRISPR and my own background, it was easy to envision how CRISPR's genetic engineering capabilities could be used to develop a weapon of mass destruction. No, I didn't give out how it could be done, though anyone with the same background I have can certainly envision the methods to use. But I found it an interesting premise for the potential actions of a terrorist group.
With that said, I will relate that many of the things that appear in the discussions between the book's characters have a great deal of basis in reality. Both of the books mentioned in the story, Germs and A Crack in Creation, are actual books.
July 27, 2019
The Unit's routine examination of current events and theoretical threats suddenly exposes something very real and extremely dangerous. Once again accomplishing the mission means puting the Field Team in mortal danger. But this time their courage, ingenuity and dedication is eclipsed by that of the support staff.
The riveting storyline and fascinating interplay of the characters make it impossible to put this book down!
The riveting storyline and fascinating interplay of the characters make it impossible to put this book down!
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