Electronic Weapons Hit the Streets

Electronic weapons came to the fore during the conflict in Iraq, and a topical new thriller lifts the lid on this technology. Written by British author Charles Dodd, the novel -- Code 18 -- is the first to feature authentic electromagnetic weapons.

(PRWEB) April 30, 2004 -- Electronic weapons came to the fore during the conflict in Iraq, and a topical new thriller lifts the lid on this technology. Written by British author Charles Dodd, the novel -- Code 18 -- is the first to feature authentic electromagnetic weapons.    

The novel opens with the electronic wipeout of Marlborough in England. A trillion watts of power is let loose, bringing the city center to a standstill. The attack is a dummy run. An American gang plans to extort 40 million from merchant banks in the City of London. But its leader, hounded by the Russian mafia, gradually finds his whole enterprise at risk.

Dr. Andreas A. Neuber, electromagnetic pulsed power expert at Texas Tech University, says 'Electronics as we find them everywhere -- in our computers at home and in the office, our cell phones, even our cars -- are vulnerable to the invisible rays of electromagnetic pulses. Charles Dodd draws a frighteningly, and at the same time excitingly, realistic picture of an electromagnetic attack that targets the business world. It is one of those books that holds the reader in its grasp. The unlikely heroes of Code 18 will make the reader feel and suffer with them, all under the threatening cloud of high tech crime and low tech brutal murder.                                                            
    
With plenty of action, along with scenes in the French Riviera, Moscow and the Caribbean, Code 18 packs a lot of thrills into its 320 pages. It is published in soft cover by American Book Publishing and is available at a discount online at the Publisher Direct Bookstore at www.pdbookstore.com.