Book Release: Mad Cow and Cattle Mutilations Meet the War on Terror in Brad Steel's New Book Mute
In MUTE, author Brad Steel has created a gripping and eerily believable scenario in which the leaders of Western nations band together to do the unthinkable—convinced it is necessary, however radical.
(PRWEB) March 17, 2005 -- Set on Vancouver Island and the farmlands of
northeastern Alberta, MUTE weaves together a plethora of highly topical
themes—and flings in a very startling twist.
A covert prion-monitoring
programme has been in operation for decades, conducting cattle mutilations under
cover of night to track prion diseases like Mad Cow. The war on terror has
created a “need” for a new kind of biological weapon, one that can be used to
target a very specific—though horribly populous—demographic.
Prion
diseases, it turns out, are ideally suited. Especially with a few little
tweaks...
In MUTE, author Brad Steel has created a gripping and eerily
believable scenario in which the leaders of Western nations band together to do
the unthinkable—convinced it is necessary, however radical.
Through
characters like the charming and unstoppable Dr. Kat Francis and her lifelong
Muslim friend Zaina Marikar, Steel compassionately delves into the linkages that
bring us to love one another—and the differences that drive us to hate people we
will never meet.
The author has extensively researched the many facets of
MUTE’s content, from BSE and other prion diseases to little-known intricacies of
veterinary medicine, even interviewing real-life cattle mutilation investigators
and observing. First-hand autopsies being performed by pathologists.
This
is Brad Steel’s inaugural launch into the literary world—where he will continue
to combine in upcoming books timely topics with fascinating and plausible
scenarios. An excerpt from CRUDE, his novel slated for publication in the fall
of 2005, is included at the end of the book.
MUTE is set for launch in
Edmonton, February 2005. Brad Steel will be available for interviews during
January, or at his Edmonton launch prior to an extensive Canadian tour.
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