Mark Alpert, Author . Touchstone $24 (359p) ISBN 978-1-4165-7287-9
Alpert’s exciting debut takes the premise that Albert Einstein succeeded in discovering a unified field theory, but hid the result, fearing it could lead to weapons far more powerful than the atom bomb. In the present day, several contenders
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Mark Alpert, Touchstone, $24.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4165-9534-2
Science meets geopolitics meets religious fanaticism in Alpert's breathless sequel to Final Theory. Science historian David Swift and his physicist wife, Monique Reynolds, go in search of their autistic adopted son, 19-year-old Michael Gupta, who,...
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Mark Alpert. St. Martin's/Dunne, $25.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-02134-2
Scientific hubris leads to an apocalyptic threat in this strong near-future thriller from Alpert (Final Theory). The trouble begins in China, where the computer program known as Supreme Harmony achieves consciousness. Soon afterward, an Asian-America
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Mark Alpert. St.Martin’s/Dunne, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-02135-9
The intriguing premise of this scientific thriller from Alpert (Extinction)—that there’s a genetic basis for legends about witches—doesn’t live up to its potential. On a trip to New York City in search of employment as a social worker, John Rogers...
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Mark Alpert. St. Martin’s/Dunne, $25.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-06541-4
Astronomer Sarah Pooley, the heroine of this so-so near-future story of alien invasion from Alpert (Extinction), has gradually rebuilt her career with NASA after prematurely proclaiming that life has been found on Mars, a misjudgment that ended her...
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Mark Alpert, read by Todd McLaren. Tantor Media, unabridged, 12 CDs, 14 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-4526-1106-8
Jim Pearce is a former military officer who has developed the technology to build amazing prostheses for veterans returning from war. His daughter Layla works with a hacker organization that reveals government secrets—and she is instrumental in...
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Mark Alpert, Author, Adam Grupper, Read by Simon & Schuster Audio $49.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7435-7285-9
Alpert's extensive scientific knowledge, combined with his love of literature, make his latest novel a truly thrilling and engaging experience. In what can be described as a The Da Vinci Code for Einstein enthusiasts, Alpert twists fact and fiction...
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Mark Alpert. St. Martin’s, $27.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-06542-1
It’s 2023, and the U.S. is in chaos in this disappointing thriller from Alpert (The Orion Plan). A new, militarylike police force, the Federal Service Unit, launches an operation in Brooklyn aimed at apprehending Jenna Khan, a specialist in the...
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Mark Alpert. Severn, $29.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4483-0926-9
This entertaining environmental thriller from Alpert (The Coming Storm) opens during Climate Emergency Week when Manhattan’s streets are swarming with protestors. Max Mirsky, the head of the Doomsday Theater Company, is performing a parody of a song
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