Dr. Anna Kane abhors the sudden, unpredictable violence of one human being attacking another. Unpredictable, that is, until now. Dr. Kane has invented a tiny, computerized device that, once implanted in a man's brain, can monitor his violent tendencies and render him unconscious before he can injure or kill. John Chester Marlon is the Subway Killer. Once an engineer for the city of New York, Marlon lured attractive young women into darkened subway tunnels, where he strangled or bludgeoned them to death. Convicted of four killings suspected in more than a dozen disappearances, Marlon is so dangerous - and so clever - that even hardened prison guards are terrified to be alone with him. When Anna Kane's device is ready for testing, Marlon is "volunteered" to be the prime subject. If the device can control him, Anna's fame - and the progress of her career - will be assured. And John Chester Marlon, the psychopath, will be rendered harmless. There's just one problem. John Chester Marlon is not a psychopath. He isn't subject to murderous rages. His every act is cold, calculated, and drawn from a supreme understanding of human behavior. Anna Kane doesn't understand him at all, while he understands her all too well. When Marlon escapes from the maximum-security hospital, he drags Anna with him into underground New York: a half-lit, steamy maze of subway and train tunnels, sewers and water mains. This is Marlon's home turf - and the place where, deep beneath a city that cannot hear her scream, Anna Kane will, for the first time, understand the mind of a murderer.
The author of Hunger and The Seventh Sleeper offers a cutting-edge novel of medical technology. Dr. Anna Kane designs a brain implant that monitors a psychopath's murderous rages, forcing him into unconsciousness whenever he gets the urge to kill. Then the killer, despite the implant, escapes from the hospital--taking Anna with him.
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Dr. Anna Kane abhors the sudden, unpredictable violence of one human being attacking another. Unpredictable, that is, until now. Dr. Kane has invented a tiny, computerized device that, once implanted in a man's brain, can monitor his violent tendencies and render him unconscious before he can injure or kill. John Chester Marlon is the Subway Killer. Once an engineer for the city of New York, Marlon lured attractive young women into darkened subway tunnels, where he strangled or bludgeoned them to death. Convicted of four killings suspected in more than a dozen disappearances, Marlon is so dangerous - and so clever - that even hardened prison guards are terrified to be alone with him. When Anna Kane's device is ready for testing, Marlon is "volunteered" to be the prime subject. If the device can control him, Anna's fame - and the progress of her career - will be assured. And John Chester Marlon, the psychopath, will be rendered harmless. There's just one problem. John Chester Marlon is not a psychopath. He isn't subject to murderous rages. His every act is cold, calculated, and drawn from a supreme understanding of human behavior. Anna Kane doesn't understand him at all, while he understands her all too well. When Marlon escapes from the maximum-security hospital, he drags Anna with him into underground New York: a half-lit, steamy maze of subway and train tunnels, sewers and water mains. This is Marlon's home turf - and the place where, deep beneath a city that cannot hear her scream, Anna Kane will, for the first time, understand the mind of a murderer.
The author of Hunger and The Seventh Sleeper offers a cutting-edge novel of medical technology. Dr. Anna Kane designs a brain implant that monitors a psychopath's murderous rages, forcing him into unconsciousness whenever he gets the urge to kill. Then the killer, despite the implant, escapes from the hospital--taking Anna with him.