The Main Experiment by the late British author Christopher Hodder-Williams (
ISFDB,
Wikipedia,
obituary at The Telegraph) is his vintage standalone science fiction technothriller, involving secret experiments at a nuclear centre which may go even more wrong than usually expected of risky undertakings at a nuclear centre, as the startling new particles that result may hold the potential to alter humanity, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint..
This was originally published in 1964 by Hodder & Stoughton.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else worldwide that Amazon sells, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive or else program)
Description
At Hadley Plant nuclear centre, deep in the English countryside, Martin Higgs works behind closed doors on secret experiments, hidden from the public eye.
Together with his colleague, Sally Parks, Martin’s tirelessly experiments with new particles and scientific methods.
But when the nuclear centre’s elusive benefactor Lord Honiton dies, Sally and Martin find themselves drawn even further into the mystery of the Plant.
Why do even they know so little about the particle they are working with?
There is something wrong with these experiments…
This particle can alter the way people think.
The Main Experiment is a gripping sci fi thriller from renowned master of the techno thriller genre, Christopher Hodder-Williams.