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K-666: BRUTUS — The Mongolian Virus
In a suspenseful espionage thriller that combines geopolitical intrigue with a full-blown international medical crisis, an American virologist must work with his Russian colleagues to stop the spread of a global pandemic.
When Chinese-backed forces kick off a war through biological weapons, including a genetically modified ancient Mongolian super-virus, doctors from all over the world must work together to find a way to stop it.
In a race against a secret political group using the virus as a means to establish a new world order, old enemies from America and Russia work to contain the virus. If they’re unable to succeed, countless numbers will die, and the geopolitical landscape will be changed forever.
Inspired by real-life events and packed with suspense, K-666: BRUTUS features an unlikely pairing of forces tasked with finding the cure for a killer virus that is bringing the world to its knees. This extraordinary thriller will leave readers breathless until the very end.
When Chinese-backed forces kick off a war through biological weapons, including a genetically modified ancient Mongolian super-virus, doctors from all over the world must work together to find a way to stop it.
In a race against a secret political group using the virus as a means to establish a new world order, old enemies from America and Russia work to contain the virus. If they’re unable to succeed, countless numbers will die, and the geopolitical landscape will be changed forever.
Inspired by real-life events and packed with suspense, K-666: BRUTUS features an unlikely pairing of forces tasked with finding the cure for a killer virus that is bringing the world to its knees. This extraordinary thriller will leave readers breathless until the very end.
125 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 27, 2021
About the author
Alessandro Boccaletti
14 books24 followersAlessandro Boccaletti also writes as Amerigo Consta
Alessandro Boccaletti, a New York University and University of Bologna alumnus, is a researcher, science novelist, and writer whose work mirrors the real world. He is a passionate professional diver and flying enthusiast. He is the author of acclaimed English titles, such as the best seller biopolitical fiction "VERITAS: The Pharmacological Endgame— The End of the Obesity Epidemic", the life-changing "Big, Fat American Lion Book" and other published political and philosophical literature.
His next biopolitical fiction "K-666: BRUTUS—The Mongolian Virus" is a story of deep awakening.
His personal motto is, “I love the sea; the sea is life.”
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Alessandro Boccaletti, a New York University and University of Bologna alumnus, is a researcher, science novelist, and writer whose work mirrors the real world. He is a passionate professional diver and flying enthusiast. He is the author of acclaimed English titles, such as the best seller biopolitical fiction "VERITAS: The Pharmacological Endgame— The End of the Obesity Epidemic", the life-changing "Big, Fat American Lion Book" and other published political and philosophical literature.
His next biopolitical fiction "K-666: BRUTUS—The Mongolian Virus" is a story of deep awakening.
His personal motto is, “I love the sea; the sea is life.”
Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/alessandro.bocc...
Blog: https://alessandroboccaletti.wordpres...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dr.alessandro.boccal...
Kirkus: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin. com/in/alessandro-boccaletti-60540516
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoccalettiDr
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July 16, 2021BookLife Reviews 07/16/2021
Boccaletti’s globe-trotting followup to the sweeping Codex: The Origin of Thought offers a compact examination of what it would take for a nation to unleash and manipulate a global pandemic, with an emphasis on the why and how that’s rare in contemporary thrillers. In this case, it’s the president of China, in league with a group of investors, that’s plotting to release a virus discovered in a melting Mongolian glacier. The goal: forcing “the weak European and African economies into submitting to the Chinese will and a Chinese-controlled cure or therapy.” In the brief novel’s final third, the Russian and American governments take cooperative steps to counter the plot, but not before billions are infected.
Boccaletti considers himself a “science novelist,” and K-666 is certainly more attentive to the proteins and molecular structure of its titular virus than it is to the hearts and minds of its characters. The mode here is that of speculative, invented reportage, with briefings and accounts of strategic plotting taking the place of conventional scenecraft. Boccaletti is fascinated by global systems, by planning and logistics. Expect pages of slide-show presentations rather than two-fisted heroics or scheming stereotypes.
That means the novel reads more like a report of a thought experiment than a suspense novel. Still, the implications of a Chinese conspiracy, one suggestive of real-world conspiracy theorizing, will alienate many potential readers. Boccaletti’s villains, like the American and Russian leaders who counter them, are presented as actors in a game, their actions reported in the detached style of an official report. “Dr. Li and General Lou were duly informed,” he simply notes, after a brief summary of the kidnapping, questioning, and killing of some researchers, events most thrillers would milk for pages. Rather than linger on individuals, Boccaletti focuses on the big picture: How might this war game and far-fetched conspiracy actually play out?
Takeaway: This speculative novel imagines, from the perspective of science and systems, an engineered pandemic.
Great for fans of: Adam Kucharski’s The Rules of Contagion, A.G. Riddle’s Pandemic.
Production grades
Cover: B
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: B+
Editing: B+
Marketing copy: A-
Print Date: 08/16/2021
Boccaletti’s globe-trotting followup to the sweeping Codex: The Origin of Thought offers a compact examination of what it would take for a nation to unleash and manipulate a global pandemic, with an emphasis on the why and how that’s rare in contemporary thrillers. In this case, it’s the president of China, in league with a group of investors, that’s plotting to release a virus discovered in a melting Mongolian glacier. The goal: forcing “the weak European and African economies into submitting to the Chinese will and a Chinese-controlled cure or therapy.” In the brief novel’s final third, the Russian and American governments take cooperative steps to counter the plot, but not before billions are infected.
Boccaletti considers himself a “science novelist,” and K-666 is certainly more attentive to the proteins and molecular structure of its titular virus than it is to the hearts and minds of its characters. The mode here is that of speculative, invented reportage, with briefings and accounts of strategic plotting taking the place of conventional scenecraft. Boccaletti is fascinated by global systems, by planning and logistics. Expect pages of slide-show presentations rather than two-fisted heroics or scheming stereotypes.
That means the novel reads more like a report of a thought experiment than a suspense novel. Still, the implications of a Chinese conspiracy, one suggestive of real-world conspiracy theorizing, will alienate many potential readers. Boccaletti’s villains, like the American and Russian leaders who counter them, are presented as actors in a game, their actions reported in the detached style of an official report. “Dr. Li and General Lou were duly informed,” he simply notes, after a brief summary of the kidnapping, questioning, and killing of some researchers, events most thrillers would milk for pages. Rather than linger on individuals, Boccaletti focuses on the big picture: How might this war game and far-fetched conspiracy actually play out?
Takeaway: This speculative novel imagines, from the perspective of science and systems, an engineered pandemic.
Great for fans of: Adam Kucharski’s The Rules of Contagion, A.G. Riddle’s Pandemic.
Production grades
Cover: B
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: B+
Editing: B+
Marketing copy: A-
Print Date: 08/16/2021
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