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Radner, Raymond

 
9780595185627: The Cat's-Paw
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595185622 ISBN 13 : 9780595185627
Editeur : iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

Regina Marcott has come a long way from the laid-back California campuses of the 70s. Shes a high powered, high tech pioneer in micromechanics with a penchant for robots. The physicist creates a miniature marvel; a robot small enough to fit inside a human ear with an endearing personality big enough to crawl inside her heart. Regina savors her success with close friend Rud Moryn, who shares it with his White House cronies. Their reactions range from outright admiration to sinister speculation. For while the creation Regina calls Ring is a stunning innovation and a scientific breakthrough, he is also irresistible to the forces who recognizes the power and potential of this ultimate surveillance weaponthe worlds spies. Ruds old college pal John Klingman, now the Presidents chief of staff, sees much more than Rings miraculous metallic mechanics, he sees millions of dollars in his pocket. Willing to sell out his country for cold cash, he will stop at nothingand only Regina and Rud can save Ring from a man made inhuman by obsessive greed.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Regina Marcott has come a long way from the laid-back California campuses of the 70s. Shes a high powered, high tech pioneer in micromechanics with a penchant for robots. The physicist creates a miniature marvel; a robot small enough to fit inside a human ear with an endearing personality big enough to crawl inside her heart. Regina savors her success with close friend Rud Moryn, who shares it with his White House cronies. Their reactions range from outright admiration to sinister speculation. For while the creation Regina calls Ring is a stunning innovation and a scientific breakthrough, he is also irresistible to the forces who recognizes the power and potential of this ultimate surveillance weaponthe worlds spies. Ruds old college pal John Klingman, now the Presidents chief of staff, sees much more than Rings miraculous metallic mechanics, he sees millions of dollars in his pocket. Willing to sell out his country for cold cash, he will stop at nothingand only Regina and Rud can save Ring from a man made inhuman by obsessive greed.

Biographie de l'auteur

Raymond J. Radner was a Technical Manager at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he received patents in computer and lightwave communications technologies and was extensively involved in global science business endeavors. He embarked on a second career as a fiction writer with The CAT'S-PAW. He and his wife, Judy, live in Morris Plains, New Jersey and Naples, Florida.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595185622
ISBN 13 
9780595185627
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
420
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Personne responsable
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