(pb; 1984)
From the back cover
“A physicist makes a great energy discovery─and disappears. Her research partner dies in a plane crash. And a brutally ambitious oil executive plots his last lethal strike.
“Torture. Blackmail. Even murder. There was nothing David Lucci wouldn’t do to stop Emily Brand from going public with her plans for an inexpensive, safe source of unlimited energy.
“Because of what Emily Brand
had done to him, over twenty years ago, David was going to use all of NARCON’s
vast resources to see that she paid for it─with her life.”
Review
Light is an excellent, tight-prosed and character-interesting thriller set in the then-future 1990, that’s as timely as it was in 1984 (when Light was published). Wood deftly avoids the usual cliches, while providing a familiar yet fresh suspense tale, one that easily could translate into a satisfying movie if the producers and filmmakers didn’t tamper with the characters, storyline and pacing too much. This is one of my favorite books by her, a consistently standout writer.
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