Présentation de l'éditeur
In a village outside Edinburgh, a young boy is the victim of a shocking ordeal while playing by the canal . . . he is attacked by a rat. The village itself is currently in turmoil over a genetically modified crop growing in a nearby field and sinister doubts are being expressed over its supposed government licence. The Sci-Med Inspectorate send Steven Dunbar to investigate. His search for the truth soon gives rise to the horrific suspicion that the rat incident - one of several in the area - might be connected to the GM crop. Is there something in these crops that is somehow affecting the behaviour of the rats? But Steven's questions are beginning to upset some powerful operators: people who are prepared to kill to stop him . . . This book was first published by Simon & Schuster Ltd. (UK) in 2001. It was the second Steven Dunbar adventure to be published in a series that currently extends to ten.. Steven is not only a qualified doctor but also an ex-Special Forces soldier who now works for the Sci-Med Inspectorate, a small unit attached to the Home Office of the UK government. It is their job to investigate possible wrong-doing in the Hi-Tech world of science and medicine. Ken McClure is the internationally bestselling author of over twenty medical thrillers such as The Lazarus Strain, The Gulf Conspiracy, White Death and Dust to Dust. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages and he has earned a reputation for the accuracy of his predicitions. McClure's work is informed by his background as an award-winning research scientist with the UK's Medical Research Council.
Revue de presse
Praise for Ken McClure and his novels
'looks set to join the A-list at the top of the medical thriller field' THE SCOTTISH HERALD
· 'McClure's forte is to take an outside chance medical possibility, decide on the worst possible outcome...and write a book' THE SCOTSMAN
· 'It's McClure's creative interpretation of the material that makes his books interesting' GUARDIAN
· 'Scotland's very own Michael Crichton' ABERDEEN EVENING EXPRESS
· 'Well-wrought, plausible and unnerving' THE TIMES
· 'The whole thing grabs the attention as it hurtles to its terrifying climax' INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS (IRELAND)
'A gripping and thought provoking thriller' BOLTON EVENING NEWS (DECEPTION)
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