The Vulcan Precept
By Guy Nair
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The recipient of three awards, this novel is an action/adventure thriller with an “Orwellian” twist that will dwell on your conscience long after you have put it down. The Vulcan Precept charms readers with old-fashioned notions of romance and intrigue, but the author’s comprehensive grasp of modern technology and his clear perception of geo-politics, is what makes the novel freshly contemporary. This page-turner narrates the adventures of rookie CIA agent Jenny Peters, and her former college friend-turned-foreign politician, Dr. Kris Menon, as they attempt to escape certain death.
Peters is initially handpicked by a joint intelligence taskforce to pry classified secrets that threaten national security, from Menon. Instead, she finds herself immersed in a web of conspiracies revolving around the advent of the Vulcan Precept—a new U.S. government weapons program, which not only monitors terrorist threats around the world but possesses a divine ability to instantly “sanction” anyone to a brutal death.
When she questions the validity of a sudden “amendment” in her orders, requiring her to “eliminate” Menon, she discovers she too is marked for death. Surviving a wild series of assassination attempts, she resolves to protect rather than kill the man her handlers claim is a “brilliant psychotic spinning a web of deceit.”
Much of the back-story is skillfully presented as flashbacks—in non-linear fashion—a device borrowed from Quentin Tarantino films. The story opens with a “divinely brutal” scene in which a “live” terrorist is targeted by Vulcan. With the ensuing climax, the “moral” question inevitably arises—can Americans trust an all-omniscient monster born of righteous indignation, to bring them peace and security?
Guy Nair
A survivor of two military coups during one of which he almost lost his life at the hands of army thugs, Guy Nair studied creative writing at Canada College, Foothill College, Stanford University, and in private workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area. He sold his first fiction piece, a short story, to "An Affair of the Mind," a small New York literary magazine in 1998. His work has also appeared in "India Currents."
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