Scorpion : a novel / by Christian Cantrell.
"As the world changes faster than humanity can adapt to it, a government insider chases a serial killer who makes her question what it means to be a hero in this electrifying novel from the author of Containment. With the world bordering on unprecedented technological change, Quinn Mitchell is an old-school, nine-to-five spy--an intelligence analyst for the CIA during the day, and a suburban wife and mother on evenings and weekends. After struggling with a personal tragedy, Quinn hopes to find redemption in her newest assignment: a series of bizarre, international assassinations where victims are found with numeric codes tattooed, burned, or carved into their flesh. As Quinn follows the killer's trail around the globe, always one body behind, she begins uncovering disturbing connections between the murders--and herself. Finding the killer will hinge on Quinn's ability to grapple with the Epoch Index, a massive database that can reveal almost anything about anyone--past, present or future--and which leads her to a shocking twist that makes her question everything she thought she knew. Christian Cantrell's inventive and exciting fiction explores unfamiliar worlds and alternative futures. A born prototyper, he has also written extensively on the evolution and future of technology, and he brings the full range of his scientific expertise to this captivating speculative thriller"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984801975
- ISBN: 198480197X
- Physical Description: x, 322 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- PART ONE -- Agent of chaos -- The bubble -- Hunting for prime -- False positive -- Homelessness -- Downsizing -- Tools of the trade -- Home-field advantage -- Mimicry -- Crimes of dispassion -- Collateral damage -- Legwork -- Night shift -- Dark tourism -- Dharma -- PART TWO -- Luxury lobby loitering -- Pitch-rolling -- Six minutes -- Amberley-Ash is not smiling -- Gone dark -- Alternate reality -- Bad idea -- Diversion -- Dead drop -- Family business -- The epoch index -- PART THREE -- Nam cave -- Tissue -- Ghosts -- Dead on arrival -- Plushies, cats, and packing -- Process of elimination -- Black ball -- Back door -- The static -- Afterimage -- Kilonova -- Overwinter -- The scorpion and the snake -- Impact event. |
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Subject: | Serial murderers > Fiction. Women spies > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. |
Genre: | Spy fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Webster County.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Webster County-Main Library-Marshfield | SCIENCE FICTION Catrell (Text) | 3991416516 | * Adult Science Fiction | Available | - |