PRAISE FOR MARIPOSA“...Intriguing....Bear keeps everything whizzing right along to the slam-bang conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly PRAISE FOR QUANTICO BY GREG BEAR“Far from the typical FBI procedural, sci-fi author Bear’s latest is a dark look at the near future. Quantico confidently delivers a mix of forensic handiwork, bureaucratic insight, and futuristic speculation.”—Entertainment Weekly “Quantico is a terrifying glimpse into the nightmare of global bio-terror. Greg Bear combines real-world science, headline news, and five-minutes-from-now extrapolation into an adrenaline-amped thriller that will scare the hell out of you.” "Bear’s near-future science is, as always, eerily plausible…" “In Quantico, Greg Bear turns his incredibly detailed scientific mind onto the world of terrorists, both domestic and foreign. The novel is brilliantly imaginative and yet completely terrifying in its reality. You wish you could stop reading, but you can’t.” “One of the best thrillers I’ve ever read – a superb cautionary tale about the use of political and military power that confronts us in the world today.” “Greg Bear has written a near-future novel as impossible to let go of as a live wire. Quantico fuses local author Bear’s award-winning technical clarity with human insights rare in a thriller – as well as disturbing speculations about new trends in terrorism.” |