Receptor
eBook - ePub

Receptor

A Novel

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Receptor

A Novel

About this book

The sequel to LimitlessĀ  starring Bradley Cooper, "grippingly imagines the origins of Ā . . . [the] 'smart drug,' which realizes remarkable human potential" ( Entertainment Weekly ).

On a Friday evening in 1953, Madison Avenue ad executive Ned Sweeney enjoys a cocktail in the apartment of a strange and charismatic man he met hours earlier. Ned doesn't know it, but he has just become a participant in Project MK-Ultra, a covert, CIA-run study of mind-control techniques. The experience transforms Ned, pulling him away from his wife and young son and into the inner circles of the richest and most powerful people of his day. In a matter of months, he is dead.

It is a tragedy Ned's family struggles to understand, then tries to forget . . . but some skeletons refuse to stay buried. More than sixty years later, Ned's grandson Ray is introduced to a retired government official who claims to know the details of Ned's life and death. Ray is prepared to dismiss the encounter, until he discovers that the now-elderly man once worked for the CIA. Ray digs deeper, and begins to question everything as he uncovers rumors of a mysterious "smart drug"ā€”a fabled black-market cognitive enhancer called MDT-48.

"A mashup ofĀ  Mad MenĀ and theĀ  Manchurian Candidate." ?Lisa Levy,Ā  CrimeReadsĀ 

"A wild ride through history's back channels...a tantalising tale of what-ifs and could-have-beens as Ned and Ray separately piece together an appalling account of a 'deep state' manipulation of the American public on a staggering scale." ?Declan Burke,Ā  The Irish TimesĀ 

"Glynn juggles the two narratives with aplomb, expertly twisting and jerking the reader through Ned's and Ray's quests for answers." ā€” Kirkus Reviews
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Information

Publisher
Picador
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781250061812
Subtopic
Literature General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Chapter 2
  8. Chapter 3
  9. Chapter 4
  10. Chapter 5
  11. Chapter 6
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Chapter 8
  14. Chapter 9
  15. Chapter 10
  16. Chapter 11
  17. Chapter 12
  18. Chapter 13
  19. Chapter 14
  20. Chapter 15
  21. Chapter 16
  22. Chapter 17
  23. Chapter 18
  24. Chapter 19
  25. Chapter 20
  26. Chapter 21
  27. Chapter 22
  28. Chapter 23
  29. Chapter 24
  30. Also by Alan Glynn
  31. About the Author
  32. Newsletter Sign-up
  33. Contents
  34. Copyright