Nick Lekatis

The Prometheus Agenda Nick Lekatis

Justin Prescott is about to receive his engineering degreeand begin work for the Nutronics Corporation, owned by his godfather and closefamily friend Nathan Bainbridge-and in which his father, Philip Prescott, hasbeen the top man in R&D. During a Thanksgiving outing to their cabin in Placer County, California, Philip has acar accident, his body is washed by the river, and he is presumed dead. Soon, we learn that Philip has been workingon The Prometheus Project, a cyclotron emissions accelerator prototype designedfor a petroleum company. But thePrometheus has also been secretly promised to the Pentagon by Nathan, in spiteof Philip's objections. In addition, itis coveted by a foreign thief dealing inindustrial espionage who has attempted to blackmail Philip and have him helphim steal the prototype. Now, it is up toyoung Justin to discover the deceit pulled on his father as well as to stop boththe Nutronics Corporation from building the Prometheus and the foreign thief fromstealing it. A tightly-knit thriller with great characters and several plottwists to keep the reader interested. Atrue page-turner.