THE CODE BURIED IN A CENTURIES-OLD MANUSCRIPT… From a remote Scottish mountain, Dr. Oliver Webb—one of the world’s great physicists—is whisked away by a military helicopter and routed to the Mexican border. Along with the leading men of physics and one sexy atom smasher, Webb is given an impossible task: identify the asteroid—codename Nemesis—that is on course to collide with and destroy America. They have five days to stop it. If they can’t, the President will retaliate first by ordering the U.S. military to pull the nuclear trigger...
IS THE ONLY SALVATION… But when one of Webb’s colleagues is found dead, he has every reason to suspect that there is more to Nemesis than he knows. Then, he makes a staggering discovery: That the secret to saving the world is hidden in a 17th Latin century manuscript that has gone mysteriously missing.
FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE U.S. An electrifying race against time, NEMESIS spans centuries and the globe in a white hot journey through physics, history, and geopolitics—and mankind’s ultimate duel with the unknown.
“Incredible…extraordinary…a really terrific novel!” --Jeff Long, New York Times bestselling author of The Descent on Splintered Icon
Chris L. from KANSAS CITY, MO wrote on 9/20/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
One of the few books I have stopped reading before getting to the ending. It's a terrible mix of the movie armageddon and the da vinci code. His writing style is so hard to follow I kept re-reading things to see if I had missed a page.
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Jeff B. (Dazzy) from NASHVILLE, TN wrote on 7/25/2007...
Nice Touch on possible end of the world spin. First Napier book, plan on ordering other listing.
Kae P. from BRANDON, FL wrote on 4/26/2007...
The code buried in a centuries-old manuscript is the only salvation for the survival of the United States. An electrifying tace against time, Nemesis spans centuries and the globe in a white-hot journey through physics, history, geopolitics-and mankind's ultimate duel with the unknown.
A fast paced and a great read!
Danny N. (Alameda) from HAVELOCK, NC wrote on 4/5/2007...
Everyone else seems to give this a half star. I give it 2-1/2. It was OK for what it is.
Asteroid about to hit the USA, predicted 400 years earlier in Latin manuscript, time running out.
Lee J. (SwampCatNana) from JAMAICA PLAIN, MA wrote on 11/4/2006...
Good story, lots of science involved. I like that kind of info. Really surprised by a couple of twists but, essentially knew the ending not far into the book.
Lee
Stephany L. (Stephany) from SPARKS, NV wrote on 10/12/2006...
Author Bill Napier's first novel, NEMESIS, features a Scottish astronomer, Dr. Oliver Webb, who is racing against time to find an earth-crossing asteroid that has been deflected by a foreign power to strike and completely destroy North America. After one of Webb's colleagues dies in an unlikely accident, he discovers that the key to the asteroid's identity is cryptically concealed in a 17th century astronomical manuscript penned by a Catholic monk who was accused of heresy. A surprise ending highlights this action-packed thriller. If you like James Rollins' ICE HUNT or Matthew Reilly's CONTEST, then you'll like NEMESIS.
Barbara H. from VICKSBURG, MS wrote on 9/30/2006...