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WORK TITLE: The Prometheus Man
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WEBSITE: http://www.scottreardonbooks.com/
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http://www.scottreardonbooks.com/about-scott/ * https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/authors/scott-reardon/ * https://devouringbooksandlattes.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/review-prometheus-man-by-scott-reardon/
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PERSONAL
Male.
EDUCATION:Georgetown University, B.A. Received degree from Northwestern University.
Also worked as a filmmaker.
ADDRESS
CAREER
Author and investment manager.
AVOCATIONS:Movies, books.
WRITINGS
SIDELIGHTS
Scott Reardon got his professional start not in writing, but in the investment business. Upon finishing university, Reardon began working for an investment firm, a position he still maintains as his primary line of work. However, Reardon also possesses an avid interest in films and books. As a result, he has not only led film projects of his own, but also published his debut book.
The Prometheus Man is a suspense novel. It stars lead character Tom Reese, also known by the alias Tom Blake, as he hunts down the person responsible for the death of his brother. Tom’s false identity as Blake, rather than Reese, was concocted as a means of allowing him entry into the CIA, where he poses as a secret agent. By sneaking into the CIA, Reese hopes to gain more information on the circumstances surrounding his brother’s wrongful death so he can bring the assailant to justice. During his time with the CIA, Reese discovers information regarding “Project Prometheus,” a CIA-led experiment designed to turn chosen individuals into super soldiers capable of feats far beyond average human capability. However, it is not without side effects. Certain subjects within the experiment turned on themselves, ending their own lives.
However, Reese isn’t able to find out much more, as time is far from being on his side. The CIA is onto him. They have already discovered that he isn’t exactly who he says he is, and are eager to probe him for the truth about his identity through a polygraph exam. In short order he winds up on the run from the CIA, with an agent (and previous subject from Project Prometheus) hot on his trail. Reese now must dodge the CIA’s attempts to uncover his true identity and eliminate him, all while tracking down the person who caused his brother’s death—and he has only 24 hours to accomplish his goals. In the process, Reese meets a woman by the name of Silvana Nast. Silvana decides to aid Reese on his quest for the truth. One Kirkus Reviews contributor called The Prometheus Man “a debut thriller that succeeds on almost every count.” They added: “He works well with several traditional thriller tropes.” Booklist reviewer Thomas Gaughan stated: “Reardon has packed his debut with action, plot twists, and well-sketched characters.” In an issue of Publishers Weekly, a writer remarked that “Reardon writes well and keeps the action moving.”
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Booklist, November 1, 2016, Thomas Gaughan, review of The Prometheus Man, p. 32.
Kirkus Reviews, October 15, 2016, review of The Prometheus Man.
Publishers Weekly, October 24, 2016, review of The Prometheus Man, p. 57.
ONLINE
Muholland Books, http://www.mulhollandbooks.com/ (August 2, 2017), author profile.
Scott Reardon, http://www.scottreardonbooks.com/ (August 2, 2017), author profile.
Scott Reardon has a B.A. from Georgetown University, where he was kicked out of the Honors program after writing a thesis proposal the head of the Philosophy department found upsetting. He has a law degree from Northwestern. For the past six years, he has worked in investment management.
He's always loved books and movies. In addition to his prose work, he wrote and directed two independent feature films.
Scott Reardon is a graduate of Georgetown University and Northwestern Law. He currently works at a venture capital firm in Los Angeles. THE PROMETHEUS MAN is his first novel.
Scott Reardon: THE PROMETHEUS MAN
Kirkus Reviews.
(Oct. 15, 2016):
COPYRIGHT 2016 Kirkus Media LLC
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/
Full Text:
Scott Reardon THE PROMETHEUS MAN Mulholland Books/Little, Brown (Adult Fiction) 27.00 ISBN: 978-0-316-31092-5
After a CIA agent is murdered, his brother seeks revenge and stumbles onto a plot to create a superhuman killer.Author Reardon delivers a debut
thriller that succeeds on almost every count. He works well with several traditional thriller tropes. At the core of his complex plot is a classic
doppelganger: the protagonist, Tom Blake, hired on to work with the CIA, is not who he says he is. He’s really Tom Reese. Reese stole
Blake’s identity as a CIA agent as a way to gain information that will lead him to whomever killed his brother. Reese is canny enough to
know that it won’t be long before the CIA discovers he’s an imposter—they’re already pressing for a lie
detector test. With a day or less before the agency discovers his cover ID, Reese is in a classic race against time. To complicate matters, Reardon
draws on myth by making the real Blake superhuman. In Paris, Project Prometheus had been trying to engineer human killing
machines—they’d already doubled the weight of a test chimpanzee, giving it skin like “raw hamburger microwaved
gray.” It appears, as well, that some others will kill to turn the eponymous man into their own killer. All Reese lacks as he sets off to find
his brother’s killers is a comely companion. Onto the scene Reardon summons Silvana Nast, “one of those people you knew
was going to be great-looking even if you only saw them from behind.” Reese and Silvana tear off in a Peugeot, one of many highoctane
action scenes Reardon executes with skill. Alas, Reardon is less successful at giving his characters texture or his locales color and life. To
keep a swift pace on the trail, telling detail seems to have gone by the wayside. The chase is all here, and for some that will be enough.
Source Citation (MLA 8th
Edition)
"Scott Reardon: THE PROMETHEUS MAN." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Oct. 2016. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?
p=ITOF&sw=w&u=schlager&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA466551441&it=r&asid=351190dc4d3eade76c549e2d13a8b5dd. Accessed 9 July
2017.
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The Prometheus Man
Thomas Gaughan
Booklist.
113.5 (Nov. 1, 2016): p32.
COPYRIGHT 2016 American Library Association
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The Prometheus Man. By Scott Reardon. Jan. 2017. 400p. Little, Brown/Mulholland, $26 (9780316310925); e-book, $13.99 (9780316272063).
Tom Reese, a very clever college dropout, has decided he has nothing left to lose. So he steals the identity of a CIA agent and walks into the
agency's Paris station to use the CIA's vast information sources to find the men who killed his older brother, Eric. What he finds is evidence of a
covert lab where Eric worked that used stem cells to produce "super" soldiers. But the agency eventually tumbles to the fact that there are two
people using the same agency ID, and Reese is on the run, hunted by a gallimaufry of the most dangerous men on earth--including the only
surviving product of the lab, Ian Bogosian, a former U.S. soldier who, thanks to his "treatments," is now faster than Usain Bolt, more agile than
Spiderman, and stronger than Godzilla. Reardon has packed his debut with action, plot twists, and well-sketched characters. But those who will
most enjoy The Prometheus Man will be those who can most easily suspend their incredulity. Recommend this one to readers of John Burdett's
The Bangkok Asset (2015), which also features a genetically altered superman. --Thomas Gaughan
Source Citation (MLA 8th
Edition)
Gaughan, Thomas. "The Prometheus Man." Booklist, 1 Nov. 2016, p. 32+. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?
p=ITOF&sw=w&u=schlager&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA471142830&it=r&asid=41c8765ab9d46c71cb815941e684aba8. Accessed 9 July
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The Prometheus Man
Publishers Weekly.
263.43 (Oct. 24, 2016): p57.
COPYRIGHT 2016 PWxyz, LLC
http://www.publishersweekly.com/
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The Prometheus Man
Scott Reardon. Mulholland, $26 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316-31092-5
Tom Reese, the 22-year-old hero of Reardon's intriguing if flawed first novel, is searching for answers into why his brother, Eric, who was
employed by a pharmaceutical company in Paris, was murdered. After stealing the identity of Tom Blake, a CIA officer who's proficient in
Russian and graduated from Georgetown University magna cum laude, and infiltrating a high-level investigation, Reese, a college dropout who
"was nobody really," uncovers information about the mysterious program that Eric was involved in, Project Prometheus. Everyone associated
with the top-secret program, Reese discovers, seems to be dying untimely deaths--and he may be the next target. Reardon writes well and keeps
the action moving as he explores the unforeseen consequences of Project Prometheus, but Reese lacks credibility. The sheer implausibility of
many sequences (he hotwires a car and then pulls off high-speed maneuvers that would make James Bond envious) risks losing thriller fans who
value verisimilitude. Agent: Stacia Decker, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner. (Jan.)
Source Citation (MLA 8th
Edition)
"The Prometheus Man." Publishers Weekly, 24 Oct. 2016, p. 57. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?
p=ITOF&sw=w&u=schlager&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA468771794&it=r&asid=e473fcae4c5ac8c97432ce9384941346. Accessed 9 July
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Reardon, Scott: THE PROMETHEUS MAN
Kirkus Reviews.
(Oct. 15, 2016):
COPYRIGHT 2016 Kirkus Media LLC
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/
Full Text:
Reardon, Scott THE PROMETHEUS MAN Mulholland Books/Little, Brown (Adult Fiction) $27.00 1, 24 ISBN: 978-0-316-31092-5
After a CIA agent is murdered, his brother seeks revenge and stumbles onto a plot to create a superhuman killer.Author Reardon delivers a debut
thriller that succeeds on almost every count. He works well with several traditional thriller tropes. At the core of his complex plot is a classic
doppelganger: the protagonist, Tom Blake, hired on to work with the CIA, is not who he says he is. He's really Tom Reese. Reese stole Blake's
identity as a CIA agent as a way to gain information that will lead him to whomever killed his brother. Reese is canny enough to know that it
won't be long before the CIA discovers he's an imposter--they're already pressing for a lie detector test. With a day or less before the agency
discovers his cover ID, Reese is in a classic race against time. To complicate matters, Reardon draws on myth by making the real Blake
superhuman. In Paris, Project Prometheus had been trying to engineer human killing machines--they'd already doubled the weight of a test
chimpanzee, giving it skin like "raw hamburger microwaved gray." It appears, as well, that some others will kill to turn the eponymous man into
their own killer. All Reese lacks as he sets off to find his brother's killers is a comely companion. Onto the scene Reardon summons Silvana Nast,
"one of those people you knew was going to be great-looking even if you only saw them from behind." Reese and Silvana tear off in a Peugeot,
one of many high-octane action scenes Reardon executes with skill. Alas, Reardon is less successful at giving his characters texture or his locales
color and life. To keep a swift pace on the trail, telling detail seems to have gone by the wayside. The chase is all here, and for some that will be
enough.
Source Citation (MLA 8th
Edition)
"Reardon, Scott: THE PROMETHEUS MAN." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Oct. 2016. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?
p=ITOF&sw=w&u=schlager&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA466329191&it=r&asid=bb697cfb0c07ae9f777bd15c935c8567. Accessed 9 July
2017.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A466329191