Brainrush (Brainrush, #1)

by Richard Bard

Before he slid into the MRI machine, Jake Bronson was just an ordinary guy with terminal cancer. But when an earthquake hits during the procedure, Jake staggers from the wreckage a profoundly changed man, now endowed with uncanny mental abilities.

An ocean away, Luciano Battista wants a piece of Jake’s talent. Posing as a pioneering scientist, the terrorist leader has been conducting cerebral-implant experiments in a sinister quest to create a breed of super jihadist agents…and Jake’s altered brain may be the key to his success. But Jake refuses to play the pawn in an unholy war — and when an innocent woman and autistic child are taken hostage to force his cooperation, he embarks on a jihad of his own. Jake and his band of loyal friends are thrust into a deadly chase that leads from the canals of Venice through Monte Carlo and finally to an ancient cavern in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan — where Jake discovers that his newfound talents carry a hidden price that threatens the entire human race.

• ISBN10: 1611098025
• ISBN13: 9781611098020
• Publish Date: 1 January 2013
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 2 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thomas & Mercer
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 392
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jeff Sexton]

What A Rush. This was a very good book, even if I did have a few quibbles with it as an Autistic. The action is among the craziest I've seen in novel form, in all the best ways. And the pacing of the abilities and how they are discovered is slow enough to seem "plausible" and yet quick enough to keep the action going well. Excellent work, looking forward to the rest of the series.