Pulse

“Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Tom Clancy…

an over-the-top, bullet-ridden good time.”

—Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author

Buried in the Peruvian desert, sealed beneath a Greek-inscribed stone, lies a legendary relic which may hold the key to life itself. By extracting its DNA, Richard Ridley of Manifold Genetics hopes to bio-engineer the ultimate weapon—an army of soldiers who regenerate and continue to fight without stopping. The perfect killing machines…

“all of the danger, treachery, and action

a reader could wish for.”

—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

Enter Special Forces commander Jack “King” Sigler and his “Chess Team” of highly trained operators. Under the president’s orders, they must intercept Ridley’s genetic terrorists—and stop the unstoppable—using all the firepower at their command. But even the Chess Team is no match for a legend that refuses to die…and an enemy that can’t be killed.

“The combination of mythology, technology, and high-octane action proves irresistible.”—Booklist

Publishers Weekly

Greek myth and biotechnology collide in Robinson's first in a new thriller series to feature the Chess Team, an elite Delta Force unit whose members each use a chess piece-king, bishop, knight, etc.-as a call sign. When the legendary Hydra, whose slaying was the second of Hercules' 12 labors, turns up in Peru alive (albeit in dormant form), Richard Ridley, the head of Manifold, a company "renowned in the world of genetics," seeks to revive the beast. Ridley, who plans to use the Hydra's DNA to make humans immortal, transports the creature to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where the Chess Team winds up blasting away at semireptilean "regens," people infected with Hydra serum who can regrow damaged or missing body parts almost instantly. Robinson (Antarktos Rising) will have readers turning the pages, but the resolution, which pulls many punches, will surprise no one. (May 26)

JEREMY ROBINSON lives in New Hampshire with his family. This is his fourth novel.