ISBN-13: 9780063144170
Inspired by his decades-long love of cars, internationally bestselling author Linwood Barclay envisions a world in which automotive technology outpaces our wildest dreamsand our darkest nightmaresin a gripping new novel of action and suspenseThese headlights are watching youThe media have descended on Garrett Island, a small, isolated community that is the setting of a visionary experiment. All the residents cars were sent to the mainland and for the past month the islanders have beendriving the Arrival, a revolutionary autonomous vehicle. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go and, because the fleet is networked and aware of one another, car travel is now 100% safe. The future, it seems, has arrived.As the excitement reaches a fever pitch, Sandra Montroseislander, single mom, and public relations executiveprepares for Arrival Inc.s flashy press event. Sandra is more than ready for this new world. Her husband died after falling asleep at the wheel and shes relieved that her two teens, Archie and Katie, will never need drivers licenses.But as the celebratory day gets underway, disaster strikes. A visiting journalist has vanished, possibly murdered. Before long, the Arrivals run amok, no longer taking orders from their passengers. Theyre starting to organize. Theyre beginning to hunt. And they seem hell-bent on killing any human they encounter.Is this all just a tragic accident, a technological malfunction with deadly consequences? Or were the vehicles programmed to act this way in a cruel act of corporate sabotage? Or could it be that the Arrivals have a mind of their own?Fasten your seatbeltsits going to be a bumpy ride
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ISBN-13: 9780063144170
Inspired by his decades-long love of cars, internationally bestselling author Linwood Barclay envisions a world in which automotive technology outpaces our wildest dreamsand our darkest nightmaresin a gripping new novel of action and suspenseThese headlights are watching youThe media have descended on Garrett Island, a small, isolated community that is the setting of a visionary experiment. All the residents cars were sent to the mainland and for the past month the islanders have beendriving the Arrival, a revolutionary autonomous vehicle. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go and, because the fleet is networked and aware of one another, car travel is now 100% safe. The future, it seems, has arrived.As the excitement reaches a fever pitch, Sandra Montroseislander, single mom, and public relations executiveprepares for Arrival Inc.s flashy press event. Sandra is more than ready for this new world. Her husband died after falling asleep at the wheel and shes relieved that her two teens, Archie and Katie, will never need drivers licenses.But as the celebratory day gets underway, disaster strikes. A visiting journalist has vanished, possibly murdered. Before long, the Arrivals run amok, no longer taking orders from their passengers. Theyre starting to organize. Theyre beginning to hunt. And they seem hell-bent on killing any human they encounter.Is this all just a tragic accident, a technological malfunction with deadly consequences? Or were the vehicles programmed to act this way in a cruel act of corporate sabotage? Or could it be that the Arrivals have a mind of their own?Fasten your seatbeltsits going to be a bumpy ride
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Read Kindle Look Both Ways: A Novel
Look Both Ways: A Novel Online Library
Look Both Ways: A Novel Full Download
Full Download Look Both Ways: A Novel
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