The Trigger by Tim Butcher5/26/2023 ![]() The story ends with the scientists discovering that the hyperdimensional impulse wave can be set to scramble extremely specific DNA – making the device a killer. Retracing Princip's steps from the feudal frontier village of his birth to the great plain city of Belgrade and ultimately Sarajevo, journalist and bestselling author Tim Butcher makes discoveries about the assassin that have eluded historians for a hundred years. ![]() The second half of the book begins when the science is sufficiently well understood that a second device can be built - one that does not detonate explosives, but merely renders them permanently harmless. ![]() The novel also traces the scientists' slow progress in understanding the science behind their invention. Although at first beneficial, other uses for the device are found, such as a faultless at-range detonator. The first half of the book explores the reactions of society, government and the scientists themselves as the latter attempt to ensure that their invention will only be used for peaceful ends. The Trigger Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War by Tim Butcher Hardcover, 326 pages purchase It's a question that's persisted for over a century: how could a slight 19-year-old. A group of scientists invent, by accident, a device that detonates all nitrate-based explosive in its vicinity, thus providing good protection against most known modern conventional weapons. ![]() The Trigger starts in the early to mid-21st century. It is an attempt to explore the social impact of technological change. The Trigger is a 1999 science fiction novel by Arthur C. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |