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As a literary omnivore, rarely do I have fewer than four books going at once. I read to suit my mood in the way many people choose what music they put on. At the moment I’m enjoying:About The Curiosity, from the publisher:
A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols, about the 1968 solo nonstop sailing race around the world. I picked up this book as research for my next novel, but discovered it is one of the great adventure reads ever. In an era when NASA was closing in on the moon, nine men set out to perform a heroic feat closer to home. Only one...[read on]
A powerful debut novel in which a man, frozen in the Arctic ice for more than a century, awakens in the present day and finds the greatest discovery is love...Learn more about the book and author at Stephen Kiernan's website and blog.
The Curiosity
Dr. Kate Philo and her scientific exploration team make a breathtaking discovery in the Arctic: the body of a man buried deep in the ice. As a scientist in a groundbreaking project run by the egocentric and paranoid Erastus Carthage, Kate has brought small creatures—plankton, krill, shrimp—back to life for short periods of time. But the team's methods have never been attempted on larger life-forms.
Heedless of the potential consequences, Carthage orders that the frozen man be brought back to the lab in Boston and reanimated. The endeavor is named "The Lazarus Project." As the man begins to regain his memories, the team learns that he was—is—a judge, Jeremiah Rice, and the last thing he remembers is falling overboard into the Arctic Ocean in1906. When news of the project and Jeremiah Rice breaks, it ignites a media firestorm and protests by religious fundamentalists.
Thrown together by fate, Kate and Jeremiah grow closer. But the clock is ticking and Jeremiah's new life is slipping away. With Carthage planning to exploit Jeremiah while he can, Kate must decide how far she is willing to go to protect the man she has come to love.
A gripping, poignant, and thoroughly original thriller, Stephen P. Kiernan's provocative debut novel raises disturbing questions about the very nature of life and humanity—man as a scientific subject, as a tabloid novelty, as a living being: a curiosity.
My Book, The Movie: The Curiosity.
Writers Read: Stephen Kiernan.
--Marshal Zeringue
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