The Leviathan Effect, James Lilliefors
The Leviathan Effect, James Lilliefors
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The Leviathan Effect
A Thriller

Author: James Lilliefors

Narrator: Rebecca Gibel

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2013

Synopsis

Homeland Security Secretary Catherine Blaine receives a frightening communication from a hacker identified only by the pseudonym Janus. The message is the latest in a series correctly predicting natural disasters around the world—disasters that, Janus claims, were manufactured, not natural at all. And, according to the email, unless the United States does as Janus instructs, another disaster is coming—a Category 5 hurricane that will hit the Eastern Seaboard and destroy the lives of tens of millions of people.Unaware of the crisis in Washington, investigative journalist Jon Mallory stumbles upon a list of seven prominent scientists who have been murdered over the past dozen years. When the person who gave him the list disappears, Jon realizes he has unwittingly become part of a deadly chain of events and contacts his brother, private intelligence contractor Charles, for help. Meanwhile, Catherine Blaine has also come to Charles for help in tracking down Janus and uncovering the frightening new weather technology that threatens the world.

About James Lilliefors

James Lilliefors is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Washington Post, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere. He attended the University of Iowa and the University of Virginia, where he was a Henry Hoyns Fiction Writing Fellow. He currently lives in Florida.

About Rebecca Gibel

Rebecca Gibel (a.k.a. Kasha Kensington) is a audiobook narrator and stage actress who has performed in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Camelot (IRNE Award nomination), Urinetown (Denver Post Ovation Award nomination), and Othello. She won the Denver Post Readers’ Choice Award for Best Year by an Actress. She is a graduate of the Brown University Trinity Rep MFA acting program, where she was the Stephen Sondheim Fellow.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on October 23, 2015

Can weather be manufactured? The following is from chemheritage.org: “Today some climate engineers claim they are the first generation to propose the deliberate manipulation of the planetary environment. History says otherwise. Over the past two centuries dreams of weather and climate control have p......more

Goodreads review by Kate on May 29, 2013

**Please note that I received this book for free from Goodreads First-reads** This was a very cool book. The plot revolves around the use of new technologies to control the weather, and what type of ramifications that has in terms of relationships between governments, as well as the potential for the......more

Goodreads review by Jim on March 22, 2013

Hollywood, are you listening? This book would make a great movie! A hidden organization speaking through a super hacker called Janus has learned to manufacture natural disasters. This ability has been demonstrated to a small group of people in powerful positions, in the US government, one of whom is......more

Goodreads review by Charity on March 28, 2013

I won this book in a giveaway on GoodReads.com, and from the moment I started it, I absolutely loved it. I enjoy the Thriller genre, but I get annoyed at all of the cliches (i.e., Independent, abnormally strong woman with troubled marital past due to her career-oriented mindset and cop/FBI agent/oth......more

Goodreads review by Alberto on May 25, 2019

The narrative is a bit convoluted at times, but I enjoyed the book as a story and a possible scenario about the manipulation of weather as a weapon.......more

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