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Little Deadly Things Kindle Edition

by Harry Steinman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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"Steinman’s novel combines engrossing sci-fi elements, riveting thrills and a fascinating study of the human mind. ...The result is an exceptional tale that’s suspenseful, gritty and endearing. A terrific sci-fi thriller that grips the reader from beginning to end." --Kirkus Reviews

Personal transformation brings out a person’s best—except when it doesn’t. Consider two children, raised by abusive parents. You might end up with a saint. You might end up with a killer…or one of each.

The seeds of an apocalyptic race—to save mankind or to destroy it—were sown in the childhood years of two scientists. Young Eva Rozen witnessed her sister's brutal murder, and barely escaped with her life. She found refuge from madness in the orderly world of science. Twenty-five years later, this master of nanotechnology is the world's wealthiest woman... and the most dangerous.

Marta Cruz also endured a troubled childhood. Her mother's death and her father's incarceration left her an orphan, and a crippling disease left her in pain. Marta's refuge? A tropical rain forest where she discovers plants with miraculous healing properties under the tutelage of her shamanistic grandmother.

The two girls meet in high school and form an uneasy friendship that lasts through college. Eva wants power, profit, and Marta's husband. She offers to fund Marta's public health dreams in exchange for the ailing physician's knowledge of plant-based medicines. Together, they build the world's largest nanotech manufacturer.

When unstable Eva has a psychotic break, and attacks the people who rely on her for survival, only Marta can stand between Eva and the death of millions. But Marta is a healer, not a fighter, and must rely on her husband and teenaged son, a boy who faces a life-or-death challenge well beyond his years.

Here is a chilling look at a future that is already on our doorstep--and a study of the two women who will decide the fate of mankind.

"… a work of descriptive art, with a sense of futuristic realism. I was riveted, page after wonderful page.” -Thomas M. Cirignano, 67 Cents: Creation of a Killer

“…A union of art and science in this thriller… marvelous characters amidst an age of nanotechnological advancement. Harry Steinman rips today’s discoveries from the laboratory and into an emotion-laden thriller with the promise—and peril—of this emerging science. –L. R. Drennan-Harris, Ph.D. Analytical Chemist

“…Little Deadly Things introduces the brilliant but psychotic Eva Rozen, a Boston scientist tormented by both her past and her present. Her mystery and madness propel the reader, revealing surprises at every turn."-- Deborah Swiss, The Tin Ticket

Harry Steinman’s life experience includes stints as a box boy in a toilet paper factory, security guard, hippie commune leader, recruiter in a toy factory, substitute math teacher, accountant, New Age religious community troublemaker, headhunter, and dog trainer—the textbook background of a novelist. Today, Harry gets by while at work on All Dead Generations, the sequel to Little Deadly Things.

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"Steinman's novel combines engrossing sci-fi elements, riveting thrills and a fascinating study of the human mind. The main characters are complex and likable--even dark and twisted Eva. Without taking the reader out of the story's flow, flashbacks explore each character's past in detail and lay the groundwork for the plot's twists and turns. The result is an exceptional tale that's suspenseful, gritty and endearing. A terrific sci-fi thriller that grips the reader from beginning to end." --Kirkus Reviews

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If you enjoy interesting characters, you'll like Little Deadly Things.

Readers who raved had that in common. It's this book's focus--people.

Little Deadly Things begins in the reading present and then moves back in time to examine the childhood of three main characters. The outer tale is a technothriller, high-tech sci-fi. The inner story is an exploration of how adults cope with the angry residue of a childhood time served under abusive or feckless parents.
Never read a sci-fi novel? You may be the biggest fan!For many, this was their first science-fiction thriller, and they discovered that a good story in any genre is about people. In fact, the most ardent reviews were from folks that said, "I never read this genre, but I loved this book."
Whatever your taste, I hope you enjoy.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0093O0UBI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alloy Press (August 28, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 28, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 928 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages

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Harry Steinman’s life experience includes stints as a box boy in a toilet paper factory, security guard, hippie commune leader, recruiter in a toy factory, substitute math teacher, accountant, New Age religious community troublemaker, headhunter, and dog trainer—the textbook background of a novelist.

Today, Harry gets by while at work on All Dead Generations, the sequel to Little Deadly Things.

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Hillel Kaminsky

Amazing Story with Great Characters

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2013

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Three kids, Eva, Marta and Joe grew up far from each other, but each (especially Eva) had horrible childhoods. When they meet they become instant friends. Joe and Marta hook up, marry and have a kid they name Dana. Eva feels left out in the cold especially since Joe is her best friend and she wants him herself. Joe keeps their relationship in the friend zone.

Joe is a regular guy with an anger management issue. He finds calm by training dogs. Marta is a brilliant botanist and "medicine woman" specializing in the healing abilities of plants in the rainforest. Eva is beyond brilliant and earns double doctorates in Chemistry and Computer Science. Her specialty is nano-medicine and she develops, patents, and sells many brilliant products becoming the richest woman in the world. She also invents new ways of purifying water, cleaning the environment and even an internal dialysis machine.

Eva is also more than a little psychotic and insists on taking revenge for every slight or imagined slight. This goes back to her traumatic childhood and I can almost understand her need for revenge. As she becomes more and more unhinged she uses her gifts to kill many people.

It would spoil the enjoyment of the book to say what happens next, but suffice it to say, it is exciting, well written, interesting and plausible.

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Jenny Hilborne

Interesting plot

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2012

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Little Deadly Things is a techno sci-fi thriller, including futuristic elements.

The story begins in 2038 in Boston, MA, where a tense meeting takes place between a disturbed world class scientist and an animal trainer/handler. One wants something from the other and has no right to ask. This is a terrific hook and questions are immediately raised.

Protagonist, Eva Rozen is the product of a brutal childhood and possesses a brilliant mind. Her goal is to control the future of medicine using nanotechnology, but she can't do it alone and needs the help of another brilliant mind. Problems arise when Eva's dark side causes conflict among her colleagues, and her project partner, Marta Cruz, suspects not only her true motives, but her intentions towards Jim Ecco, Marta's own husband.

The plot is complex and imaginative. A technical mind capable of bending itself around futuristic inventions and concepts might find it easier to understand and follow. The history of Eva Rozen and the cause of her sociopathic tendencies is relayed as back story, which complicates the story at the beginning; however, once the reader is familiar with the author's style, the flow is smoother. The romantic tension between Eva and Jim adds another complex layer.

The characters in LDT are all flawed, yet the antagonist remains clear and even elicits sympathy, to a degree. Marta and Jim are portrayed as gentle, while Eva is presented as a tormented individual and insane, so the friendships that develop between them and the pairing of the two scientists in a project that could alter the course of medicine - with the potential for global destruction - is interesting, and quite chilling. The idea of future technology in the wrong hands creates a terrifying mental image.

The author creates a fascinating futuristic world of nanotechnology, in which two brilliant scientists - the force of good and evil - share ideas and dreams, before the discord between them erupts and culminates in each battling for control. LDT is a character driven thriller, with fantastic sci-fi components and tests the boundaries of friendship, loyalty, and belief. It is a fascinating trip into the scientific future and the study of the human psyche.

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Sunchine

Mostly meh

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2014

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This book could really use a better editing. The story is original-ish, but the flow is off in every way. Long passages that seem an attempt at character development and then a jarring jump to something completely unrelated or superfluous to the story. I think this has the "bones" of a good story, but honestly could use a complete re-write. I did finish the book, but about 3/4 of the way through I was tap-tap-tapping to get through the next page because it was getting irritating. Also, there were quite a lot of grammar and spelling errors that totally would have shown up in a Word program as squiggly lines...in other words, an easy fix that wasn't fixed. So the story was good enough for me to finish the book, but not good enough that I was satisfied that I did.

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Ionia Froment

would have given it more than five stars if I could have

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012

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This book is excellent. Usually if there is a futuristic element to the story at all I tend to avoid it like the plague (learned my lesson after 'Moon People'.) I was a skeptic when I started this book. Whereas some of the other reviewers found the opening paragraphs to be overly descriptive and too vibrant, this was what actually drew me in to the book. I read A LOT. My job requires it, my hobbies are filled with it and it is my favorite pastime. I get bored with language on occasion. This author brought his descriptions up to a new level and really captured my attention. With this very visual language it was easier for me to establish a lasting connection with this book.

As this book progressed, the simple human elements of emotional abuse, stress the characters felt and the decisions they were faced with kept me reading and made me not want to stop until this book was finished. I was very impressed with the author's ability to weave multiple tales at the same time and then tie them together with no apparent seams by the end of the book. I will definitely be looking for more works from this author and encourage you to pick up a copy of this book, you won't be sorry you did. An example of literary excellence.

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Barbara Hollborn

Nah an der Realität

Reviewed in Germany on December 8, 2012

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hat ein wenig gedauert bis ich gedanklich im thema gut unterwegs war. aber dann konnte ich nicht mehr aufhören umzublättern. sehr gut vorstellbar und dadurch echt "gänsehautfeeling"!

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Amanda Blogs

Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2016

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I don't love sci-fi but I do love science! Not what I would usually pick but a good read that made me keep turning the pages.

kenneth webster

Three star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2014

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story line good but tends to jump a bit which I found confusing detailing also a bit vague and definitely ends as though it is to be a series

nhaines

Something different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2013

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Science based thriller. I don't normally read thrillers unless they are fantasy based but the scientific element to this novel kept my interest all the way to the end. Unique story, page-turner with plenty of suspense.

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