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Synopsis
A nuclear disaster strikes Europe… … but inside the cutting-edge thorium reactor, everything appears normal. No system failures. No containment breach. Not a single malfunction. Yet - hospitals overflow with radiation victims. Wildlife drops dead in forests. Trees wither and decay for miles. Something is poisoning the land—something no sensor can detect. Something that shouldn't exist. When the IAEA sends specialist investigator Jonathan Beck to the scene, he faces an impossible paradox. The reactor is clean. The science says it's safe. But people are dying. He isn't alone in the hunt. Dr. Laura Girard, a French physician caught in the contamination zone after her father's radiation death, follows her own trail of lethal anomalies—each one pointing to an invisible threat. As panic spreads across Europe, both realize time is running out. If they can't uncover the source of this phantom meltdown before the reactor goes fully online… …Europe won't be the only continent that burns. Get it now!
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Is REACTOR appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This adult technothriller deals with a nuclear disaster and mass casualties from radiation exposure, including the death of a main character's father. The focus is investigative suspense rather than graphic violence, though the scenario involves widespread death and suffering.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, death of parent, mass death, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Readers who love tense scientific mysteries with high stakes and protagonists racing to solve an impossible puzzle will be gripped.