Dark Matter [Kindle Edition]

Rodman Philbrick (Author)

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Product Description

Someone is murdering the great astrophysicists, and it’s up to astronomer Stephen Shelby to find out why the secret of dark matter is worth killing for. A compelling, intelligent thriller that takes the reader from the icy heights of the ultra-modern Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea to the white temple of Palomar. Along the way Dr. Shelby will have to confront his own demons, and his continuing obsession with his former wife, who left him for an eccentric but brilliant Nobel laureate whose revolutionary theories may be fueling the hatred of the equally brilliant killer stalking the scientists. Love, honor, deception, untold riches, immortal fame. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

About the Author

Rodman Philbrick is the award winning author of more than twenty novels. His book ‘Freak The Mighty’ was made into ‘The Mighty’, a major motion picture starring Sharon Stone. Rod is married to the novelist Lynn Harnett. They divide their time between Maine and the Florida Keys.

www.rodmanphilbrick.com

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 350 KB
• Print Length: 344 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris; First Edition edition (June 15, 2000)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001OQBLY8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,309 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #36 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Science > Astronomy > Astrophysics & Space Science
  • #36 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Astronomy > Astrophysics & Space Science
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More About the Author

Rodman Philbrick grew up on the New England coast, where he worked as a longshoreman and boat builder. For many years he wrote mysteries and detective novels for adults. Inspired by the life of a boy who lived a few blocks away, he wrote 'Freak The Mighty', the award-winning young-adult novel, which has been translated into numerous languages and is now read in schools throughout the world. The book was adapted to the screen as 'The Mighty', starring Sharon Stone, Gillian Anderson, James Gandolfini, Kieran Culkin, and Elden Henson, with original music provided by Sting.

Rodman Philbrick's novels for young readers include 'The Fire Pony', 'Max the Mighty', 'REM World', 'The Last Book In The Universe', 'The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds', 'The Young Man And The Sea', and 'The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg', a 2010 Newbery Honor book.

The Private Eye Writers of America nominated two of his T.D.Stash series as best detective novel, and then selected Philbrick's 'Brothers & Sinners' as Best Novel in 1993. A gothic tale of slavery and sea captains, 'Coffins' was published in 2002. Writing under the pen name 'William R. Dantz' he has explored the near-future worlds of genetic engineering and hi-tech brain control in books like 'Hunger', 'Pulse', 'The Seventh Sleeper', and 'Nine Levels Down'. He has published three thrillers under the pen name Chris Jordan - 'Taken', Trapped', and 'Torn' - featuring Randall Shane, a former FBI Special Agent who specializes in recovering lost children. He's just now undertaken a new Chris Jordan series about the very private investigator Naomi Nash, set in Boston. The first volume, 'Measure of Darkness', will be published in December 2011 by Mira Books.

Rod and his wife Lynn Harnett, who have collaborated on a number of series for young readers, including 'The House on Cherry Street' and 'The Werewolf Chronicles', divide their time between Maine and the Florida Keys.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars page-turning thriller, May 1, 2011

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Lynn Harnett (Marathon, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Matter (Hardcover)

A beautifully written thriller which combines cutting edge science with the dark depths of some very clever human hearts. Fast paced, with engaging characters.