The Dyodyne Experiment awarded a Gold Medal

The Dyodyne Experiment, by James Doulgeris and V. Michael Santoro is a Gold Medalist in the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Award) for the Popular Fiction Category! http://www.dyodyneexperiment.com/

The Dyodyne Experiment is a fiction thriller that personifies the collision of conflicting ideologies and unproven scientific advancement with the insatiable greed for money and power. The issue of guarding civil liberties at all costs or temporarily relinquishing a portion of those rights for protection against terrorism is a difficult one. Concerns of pushing the envelope on genetic research run deep as well. Should scientists alter the human genetic blueprint to achieve unproven scientific advancements?

The Dyodyne Experiment captures life in the early 21st century – a time of hope and achievement that is challenged and complicated by greed, radical idealism and self-serving political ambition. Although the book is a work of fiction, the foundation of information that comprises the book was found freely on the Internet. During their research, the authors found
some of this information fascinating because of the scientific possibilities; and much of it could pose a deep and dangerous threat to society and humanity as a whole.

The authors' goal for writing "The Dyodyne Experiment" is to encourage our global community to put common sense before radical ideology. This novel is apolitical, but with a powerful point - that with freedom comes responsibility and accountability.

Book Summary: A research team at Dyodyne Labs has developed a remarkable new technology: a microscopic computer system with the ability to secretly track people with pinpoint accuracy. The system, code-named DaNA, is transmitted as a benign virus that passes the tracking system to all who come in contact with its host. The government sees the system as the perfect way to track down a criminal's accomplices, making it invaluable in bringing down the drug cartel. But when the biggest terrorist attack in U.S. history devastates New York City, the Department of Homeland Security orders the team to launch the untested system to find those responsible. What they uncover is unthinkable - six nuclear bombs hidden in six major cities. And the bombs, controlled by a powerful underground alliance, are part of a much larger global conspiracy. As the team at Dyodyne rushes to track down the terrorists holding the country hostage, they discover yet another threat: DaNA is mutating and may be impossible to control…