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Fun, but sort of superficial (despite it's "hard science" trappings). It would have been interesting to see exactly what societal changes would occur with the introduction of nano, rather than focusing on the inevitable (for this sort of story) power bid by a shadowy government agency. Docked a point for holding up the late Dr. Oppenheimer as a paragon of clear-eyed truth. ** ( )
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0765301296, Hardcover)

Nanotechnology promises all things: immortality, invincibility, wealth beyond imagination---and the utter destruction of mankind. One man has it, and no one knows who. . . .
Mitchell Swain is the richest man in the world, until he announces the "ultimate technological breakthrough." The world stops for the press conference---and sees him assassinated.
No one knows what he was going to say.
Almost no one.
Jennifer Rayne intends to find out. A leading journalist covering high-tech, she was scheduled to interview Swain after the press conference. Instead, she investigates his murder.
What she finds is a scientist to whom Swain has funneled billions . . . a desperate U.S. government following the same clues . . . and a bizarre technology that promises invincibility, immortality, and the ability to destroy any enemy---or the earth itself.
Mankind has entered the final arms race.
It will last two days.
As this breathlessly fast-paced nanothriller unfolds, readers are taken on a stunning tour de force of nanotechnology's promises and perils---until the fate of the earth itself hangs in the balance. . . .

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