One small step could ruin mankind’s greatest leap...
Leap
The Race In On Book 1
by OC Heaton
Genre: SciFi Techno Thriller
One small step could ruin mankind’s greatest leap...
November 2003. Brilliant scientist Uma Jakobsdóttir has figured out a way to solve global warming for good. Known as LEAP, the system is capable of providing Earth’s ultimate second chance...until it falls into the wrong hands.
When playboy CEO Samuel Reynolds III snatches LEAP out from under her nose, he adds insult to injury by attempting to destroy Uma. But this is no malicious whim. As the daughter of its creator, Uma enforces the LEAP Laws.
Because of its potentially devastating capabilities, LEAP users must not clone people, revive the dead, or merge minds and species. But in the race to recover her precious piece of tech, Uma is faced with sacrifices that push her resolve to breaking point.
From the frozen wastelands of Iceland, to the leafy suburbs of London and the mean streets of New York City, LEAP is a technothriller that will keep you questioning what it means to be human.
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Route
41,
South-West Iceland
13 November
2003, 18:43 hours GMT
The doomed four-by-four plumed thick fountains of
spray into the darkness as it crawled along the narrow highway to KeflavÃk
International Airport, its bright beams illuminating a hypnotic kaleidoscope of
churning rain. The sight made Sally Moltex nauseous. She tried the side window,
but it was mirror black, reflecting the Jeep’s night-lit interior back at her.
She closed her eyes, willing the vehicle to move faster as a thrill of
excitement surged through her at the memory of what they’d seen that afternoon.
Almost immediately, it was replaced by a prickle of fear. Everything screamed
hoax: one second, they’d been stood inside the Department of Geothermal
Studies, the next, they were in Ethan Rae’s London Town house. They’d gone
outside onto a busy Camden Town street thick with traffic. Alone. Ethan had
insisted on that. They’d walked to the tube station. Bought a newspaper. Again,
Ethan had been insistent. They’d asked someone where they were. And a second
person. The third had shouted abuse at Sally; accused her of being an ignorant
Yank. Of not knowing that she was in London. James had eventually intervened in
his charming British way, calmed the man down, and they’d returned to Ethan’s
office. Twenty minutes later, they were back in ReykjavÃk. Heads spinning at
what they’d seen. Hearts beating with what Ethan had given them.
‘Do you think LEAP’s fake?’ she
asked her companion.
James Reagan didn’t reply straight
away. Without taking his eyes off the road, he attempted another call to his
producer at News 24/7 in London. Nothing.
He was going to miss tomorrow’s
deadline if he didn’t get through soon. Seven million Saturday viewers was no
disaster, but it was well below his Friday average.
‘Nah,’ he said. ‘Ethan wouldn’t risk it. What
would he gain by misleading us?’
‘That’s what I can’t work out,’ Sally said,
tracing her fingers along the cold glass of the passenger window, trying to
keep pace with the streaming water.
‘How do you fake what we just saw?’
James said. ‘Besides which, it will do him way more damage if he’s lying.’
Sally wasn’t so sure. She liked
James. Had known him for twenty years, but he anchored a light entertainment
show for a channel that needed content. Lots of content. She, on the other
hand, unearthed stories. Real stories that took months to fact check before she
allowed them to be broadcast. If they got this wrong, James could blame Ethan,
an eccentric billionaire. She would be finished.
‘I need more time,’ Sally said.
‘Ethan is launching in ten days.
With or without us.’
‘You’d broadcast on the strength of
what he just showed us?’
‘As of midday tomorrow,’ he said.
‘That’s if we can take off to—’
He never finished his sentence. A
loud crack from the rear of the Jeep veered it savagely left. James tried to
counter by wrenching the steering hard right, but the small charge had done its
job. The Jeep flipped, bleeding fuel from its shattered underbelly as it
slithered off Route 41 and onto the lava below. The dead rock punctured the
thin roof, ripping through plastic, metal and cables which sparked into life.
Fumes met fire and a blinding explosion boiled into the sheeting rain, as long
forgotten lava flows glowed red in approval.
I write what I love to read – big
issue thrillers that are super well researched inside a complex plot
full of twists and turns.
The result of the above is The
Race Is On Series, an idea I had on a trip to Iceland. The first in
the series is called LEAP, which tells the tale of a device which has
the power to halt global warming. The ensuing race to control the
power of this machine will continue throughout the sequel to LEAP
which I’m well on my way to completing. It’s called Green Ray and
will be published in May 2023.
Just like LEAP, the 2nd
book weaves fact with fiction and encompasses events such as the 2009
global financial meltdown, Al Qaeda, a new US President and a
cornered CIA; another delightful concoction around which I have
constructed another tall, but hopefully credible, tale. Watch this
space!
I live in Leeds, UK with the love of my life and
our two daughters. It rains a lot in Leeds but that works out well
for me – loads of time for research and of course writing!
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Sounds like a great book.
ReplyDeleteThe cover looks great. I would enjoy reading it.
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