the genesis code

"The Genesis Code is a non-stop, eyes shut, heart-clutcher of a ride. Mixing sharp dialogue with vivid settings and a plot that just won't quit, John Case has delivered a thriller for all seasons."
--Lorenzo Carcaterra

"A superb suspense novel that takes us on a whirlwind chase to an outstanding finish. I felt propelled by the incredible pacing, the lure of the scientific secret at its core, and Case's sheer storytelling power. The pages of this terrific thriller practically turn themselves."
--John Saul

"There are cotton candy thrillers
--and then there are thrillers like The Genesis Code that rattle you to the bone. A week after I finished reading it, I still woke up at three in the morning wondering: What If...?"
--Stanley Pottinger

"The Genesis Code is the most exciting book I've read in years."
--Tony Hillerman

Joe Lassiter awakens to the ring of the phone in the dead of night. His sister and her young son have died in a blaze in their expensive home near Washington, D.C. Rushing to the scene, Lassiter learns the deaths were no accident: his sister and nephew were brutally murdered in their beds before the fire was set. The police are stumped, but Lassiter knows one thing: whoever killed his last-living relatives provoked the wrong man.

Lassiter heads a thriving high-tech investigative agency in the nation's capital. If there's a paper trail, he can follow it. A computer encryption, he can crack it. An identity to reveal, he will track it down. Now he's got to uncover why an innocent mother and child were targeted for death. And this one is personal.

There is a mysterious suspect. Discovering his identity only raises more questions. Then Lassiter uncovers another crime--another innocent mother and child murdered. The more he unearths, the larger the web of conspiracy grows. Every thread he pulls tightens the knot of deception. And as the link that connects the victims eludes him, he suspects that others may die very soon if he can't find the truth--a search that will lead him into a dangerous international chase. And a truth that will shock him--and the reader--to his very marrow.

The Genesis Code is the story of a secret. A secret so powerful, so cataclysmic, that if it becomes known, it will alter the course of Western civilization. A secret that is the center of the suspense novel of the year, perhaps the decade.