Darwin&39s Blade [Paperback]

A literary thriller like no other...A hard-charging, edge-of-the-seat tale. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Darwin Minor travels a dangerous road. A Vietnam veteran turned reluctant expert on interpreting the wreckage of fatal accidents, Darwin uses science and instinct to unravel the real causes of unnatural disasters. He is very, very good at his job.

His latest case promises to be his most challenging yet. A spate of seemingly random high-speed car accidents has struck the highways of southern California. Each seems to have been staged-yet the participants have all died. Why would anyone commit fraud at the cost of his own life? The deeper Darwin digs, the closer he comes to unmasking an international network specializing in intimidation and murder, whose members will do anything to make sure Darwin soon suffers a deadly accident of his own.Dan Simmons is the Hugo Award-winning author ofHyperionandThe Fall of Hyperion, and their sequels,EndymionandThe Rise of Endymion. He has written the critically acclaimed suspense novelsDarwin's BladeandThe Crook Factory, as well as other highly respected works, includingSummer of Nightand its sequelA Winter Haunting, Song of Kali, Carrion Comfort,andWorlds Enough & Time. Simmons makes his home in Colorado. A literary thriller like no other... The pace of this novel speeds along like the lead car of the Indy 500... DARWIN'S BLADE exemplifies Simmons's skill at delivering novels that are different from anything else in the market today, while still managing to tell a hard-charging, edge-of-the-seat tale.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Spellbinding... [A] gripping suspense thriller... A breezy writing style, rollicking humor, and ingenious descriptions of weird accidents make this action-packed thriller a real winner.
Publishers Weekly
Alternately hilarious and suspenseful... Simmons is not one tl£‰