The Cat's-Paw - Softcover

Radner, Raymond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595185622 ISBN 13: 9780595185627

Publisher: iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

Regina Marcott has come a long way from the laid-back California campuses of the 70s. Shes a high powered, high tech pioneer in micromechanics with a penchant for robots. The physicist creates a miniature marvel; a robot small enough to fit inside a human ear with an endearing personality big enough to crawl inside her heart. Regina savors her success with close friend Rud Moryn, who shares it with his White House cronies. Their reactions range from outright admiration to sinister speculation. For while the creation Regina calls Ring is a stunning innovation and a scientific breakthrough, he is also irresistible to the forces who recognizes the power and potential of this ultimate surveillance weaponthe worlds spies. Ruds old college pal John Klingman, now the Presidents chief of staff, sees much more than Rings miraculous metallic mechanics, he sees millions of dollars in his pocket. Willing to sell out his country for cold cash, he will stop at nothingand only Regina and Rud can save Ring from a man made inhuman by obsessive greed.

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From the Publisher

The ultimate spy. An undetectable machine, smaller than a flea, that can hear, see, move about, remember and report on what it has observed. Considering all its capabilities, we might imagine that such a device could think for itself...perhaps we might even believe it is alive.

Regina Marcott, a physicist studying the new science of micromechanics, assembles a clever demonstration to impress U.S. Federal Agencies. Futuristic, covert devices are always at the top of their list. The results of her experiment far surpass her expectations. She is not ready. But John Klingman is ready. He’s the Chief of Staff for the President. The President is a lame duck. Klingman’s global influence is about to end, and he has been preparing to assure his future by involving himself with a nefarious group of industrial investors. The investors need information about the plans of legitimate competitors. They think Klingman can get it for them by pilfering the world’s most sophisticated listening devices from the government’s spy agencies.

Regina’s soul mate, Rud Moryn, is John Klingman’s former college football teammate. The unsuspecting Rud figures Regina can use some protection from a world full of treacherous sneaks. Who better to protect her than the U.S. government and who better to expedite that protection than the President’s Chief of Staff?

About the Author

Raymond J. Radner was a Technical Manager at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he received patents in computer and lightwave communications technologies and was extensively involved in global science business endeavors. He embarked on a second career as a fiction writer with The CAT'S-PAW. He and his wife, Judy, live in Morris Plains, New Jersey and Naples, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0595185622
• ISBN 13: 9780595185627
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 420