A Publishers Weekly Pick of 2018's Mysteries and Thrillers' 'Not the Usual Suspects'. The Last Sword Maker is an exciting globe-trotting thriller with unforgettable characters that depicts a haunting vision of the future of warfare. As I write, I am still waiting out the coronavirus scare. In doing so, he has created a real techno-thriller. As Wells turned some of his speculation into popular fiction,so author Brian Nelson speculates on possibilities of nanotechnology as a weapon. something the world has never seen and something more powerful than they had ever imagined. The Last Sword Makerdoes something similar with nanotechnology. But in their headlong race, they create something unexpected. Soon Hill and his colleague Jane Hunter are caught up in a deadly game of sabotage as the two nations strive to be the first to reach the coveted goal. Admiral Curtiss gathers the nation's top scientists, including a promising young graduate student named Eric Hill who just might hold the missing piece to the replication puzzle. Now the US must scramble to catch up before it is too late. The success of their new weapon proves that the Chinese are nearing 'Replication'-a revolutionary breakthrough that will tip the global balance of power and change the way wars are waged. Chinese scientists have developed a way to kill based on a person's genetic traits. Satellite images prove that a massive genocide is underway, and an American spy has made a startling discovery. At the Pentagon, Admiral James Curtiss is called to an emergency meeting. The Chinese government says the rumors aren't true, but no one is allowed in or out of Tibet. a disease, they say, that can kill in minutes. People whisper of an outbreak, of thousands of dead, of bodies pushed into mass graves. In the high mountains of Tibet, rumors are spreading.

The last sword maker by brian nelson