The Utopia Experiment - Ludlum Robert - 1522 B
The Utopia Experiment - Ludlum Robert - 1522 B
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With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the president has been forced to establish his own clandestine group: Covert-One. It's activated only as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out.
When Dresner Industries unveils the Merge, a device that is destined to revolutionize the world and make the personal computer and smartphone obsolete, Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is assigned to assess its military potential. He discovers that enhanced vision, real-time battlefield displays, unbreakable security, and near-perfect marksmanship are only the beginning of a technology that will change the face of warfare forever - and one that must be kept out of the hands of America's enemies at all costs.
Meanwhile, in the mountains of Afghanistan, CIA operative Randi Russell encounters an entire village of murdered Afghans - all equipped with enhanced Merge technology that even the Agency didn't know existed. As Smith and Russell delve into the circumstances surrounding the Afghans' deaths, they're quickly blocked by someone who seems to have access to the highest levels of the military - a person that even the president knows nothing about.
Is the Merge really as secure as its creator claims? And what secrets about its development is the Pentagon so desperate to hide? Smith and Russell are determined to learn the truth. But they may pay for it with their lives..
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Overview of Robert Ludlum's The Utopia Experiment Book
About The BookThe book Robert Ludlum's The Utopia Experiment opens with the U.S. Intelligence agencies being tormented by internal power struggles and at the brink of being paralyzed by bureaucracy. This puts the President of USA in a situation to establish his own secret society, called the Covert One.When the threats reach a global scale and time runs out, this group is activated. Meanwhile, a device that is destined to revolutionise the world called the Merge, is released by Dresner Industries. The Merge is capable of making the personal computer as well as the SmartPhone obsolete.The assessment of the military potential of the device is assigned to an operative of Covert One, Colonel Jon Smith. The many features of the Merge are discovered by him, such as enhanced vision, real-time battlefield displays, unbreakable security and near-perfect marksmanship.It is evident that the device can change the face of warfare eternally and this stands as the biggest danger for the nation. The society prepares to keep the Merge out of the hands of the enemies of America at all costs.A CIA operative based in the mountains of Afghanistan, Randi Russell, comes upon an entire village of murdered Afghans. What is peculiar about the victims is that they are all equipped with enhanced Merge technology unknown to even the Agency.Smith and Russell's attempts to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths are promptly blocked by an unknown identity that seems to have access to the highest levels of the military. Robert Ludlum's The Utopia Experiment tries to uncover the mystery behind the Pentagon's involvement with the Merge, with two agents determined to pay for the truth with their lives. It was published on 1 September 2013 and is available in paperback.Key Features This book revolves around the story of a lethally powerful device that America must safeguard from the world.The involvement of the Pentagon in the operations of this device leads to a major twist in the plot.