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The Dark Fields
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The Dark Fields (2001) (edit title/settings)

by Alan Glynn (Author) (edit contributors)

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The first novel by Alan Glynn. A techno-thriller that is fast paced and sure to thrill.

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Imagine a drug that makes your brain function in a fantastically efficient way, tapping in to your fundamental resources of intelligence and drive. Imagine a drug that could make you read and remember entire books in a matter of hours, or learn a foreign language in a day. Imagine a drug that... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Imagine a drug that makes your brain function in a fantastically efficient way, tapping in to your fundamental resources of intelligence and drive. Imagine a drug that could make you read and remember entire books in a matter of hours, or learn a foreign language in a day. Imagine a drug that could make you process information so fast you can see the patterns on the stock market. Eddie Spinola is on such a drug. It's a pill called MDT-48. It's a Viagra for the brain, a designer drug that's redesigning his life. Eddie's not the only one doing MDT, but with his dealer shot dead and Eddie escaping with a large stash, he's the only one with a supply. And while the drug is helping Eddie make the sort of money he's only dreamed about, he's also beginning to suffer its side-effects ...

Bordering on techno-thriller territory, this slick, suspenseful debut imagines a new breed of "smart drug" that produces some deadly side effects. After complaining about life in desperate times to his drug dealer/ex-brother-in-law Vernon, divorced Manhattan copywriter Eddie Spinola is tempted by the glittering promise of MDT-48, an illegal, nearly unknown designer medication guaranteed to spike intelligence and personality in mere minutes. It really works, but Eddie's initial rush is so mind-blowing that even discovering Vernon's murdered body (and a hidden stash of cash and pills) barely interrupts his growing addiction. He chooses to ignore the mounting side effects of MDT-48: piercing headaches, intense bouts of rage and "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. Day trading on the stock market like a seasoned professional, Eddie soon becomes an immensely wealthy junkie armed with awe-inspiring artistic and financial brainpower. But when he's implicated in the brutal murder of a high-profile artist's wife and also linked to pharmaceutical espionage, his perfect new world unravels and the shocking truth about MDT-48's origin and purpose is revealed.

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  • “Of all the various relationships and shifting configurations that can exist within a modern family, of all the potential relatives that can be foisted upon you--people you'll be tied to forever, in documents, in photographs, in obscure corners of memory--surely for sheer tenuousness, absurdity even, one figure must stand towering above all others, one figure alone and multi-hyphenated: the ex-brother-in-law.”

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It's getting late. I don't have to sharp a sense of time any more, but I know it must be after eleven, and maybe even getting on for midnight.

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  • MDT-48: A drug, that is Viagra for the brain.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Alan Glynn (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1582342245
Page Count: 342

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  • Library of Congress: PS3607.L96 D37 2001
  • Dewey: 813.621

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Reading Level: Adults

Techno-thriller, drug abuse.

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