Think of a group of enormously wealthy philanthropists that has unlocked the doors to quantum computing and nano-technology, a group that has at its disposal brilliant minds, both human and nearly artificial, and superbly trained Operators. Think of an absolutely hidden organization created by this group and structured to employ these tools to level the playing field against self-serving ideologies of powerful people, at all levels, on all sides, that threaten the common good. Think of an organization that never fights fair against the dark forces in the world and does so without leaving a trace. Now – you are thinking of THE GRID.
In this first novel, the Grid, through its pervasive information gathering apparatus, learns of a clandestine meeting between a rogue officer of Pakistani Intelligence and a suspected member of a radical terrorist group. The Grid fears the terrorist group is seeking to obtain an atomic weapon from the Pakistani arsenal. It dispatches one of its senior Operators to investigate. Armed with his wits, superbly honed close-quarters fighting skills, and supported by an armory of futuristic Grid Devices, to include a 5th generation quantum computer – a nearly artificially intelligent Machine mind – the Grid's Operator tracks his quarry from East to West. There, he confronts head-on the history-changing aspirations of the terrorist leader and his comrade-in-arms, one of the kingpins of the underworld drug trade. In these endeavors, against great odds, the Operator must take the gloves off and employ what the Grid refers to as 'Roman Rules', utilizing the full scope of its nearly magical, technological capabilities – without leaving a trace.
THE GRID is an international thriller set against the threats and dark intrigues of our time.
