Vortex

By Jon Land

Book Overview

A Vietnam special-forces veteran investigates a government conspiracy to build a superweapon that could alter the very fabric of reality In San Diego, a cadre of American scientists toils on a weapon... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821714694
• ISBN13: 9780821714690
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Zebra
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

techno-thriller

An excellent techno-thriller. A real "page-turner" with some interesting take-offs on some of Einstein's unpublished advanced theories being developed 30 years later into a weapon which could rip a hole in the very fabric of space and time. Our hero (a 007 "wet boy") must compete against two other equally good assassins (sent to kill him)and at the same time try to stop the high placed government official from realizing his maniacal dreams of world domination.

Superb technothriller

Jon Land, the author of "Vortex", has been writing technothrillers for 20 years. Before Tom Clancy, there was Jon Land. Although he has not achieved Clancy's popularity, his novels are very entertaining. "Vortex" is an absolutely engrossing novel that is hard to put down.The story begins with the disappearance of a 727 from radar. A friend of the main character observes this, but no one believes him and he is eventually silenced to cover up the larger plan. After the flight returns, some of the passengers have enhanced capabilities. One of those survivors, a 15 year old boy, becomes a wanted target by those behind the infamous Vortex project. The hero, like all heroes in technothriller, avoids a number of traps to eventually unravel the mystery behind Vortex.The Philadelphia Experiment plays a role in this as well as Albert Einstein. A bit of science fiction is added to the story in this area and, while only proven in theory, it does fit with the overall storyline. A race to prevent World War III begins and ends with the mystery of Vortex. Since this was published in 1984, there's even a mention of Reagan's "Star Wars"/SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative), although it isn't mentioned by name.The book is long out of print, but definitely a "must-read" if you can locate a copy and are fans of technothrillers.