On the day Ricardo Alomar’s four best friends are discovered dead at the launch of their high-tech start-up company, his world is shattered.
The police can find no cause for their mysterious deaths, but as their bodies start disappearing from the morgue, Ricardo is drawn into the investigation of his friends’ strange behavior and their even stranger invention, a kind of time-displacement generator utilizing the Higgs boson — the so-called “God Particle”.
At the same time, Ricardo’s old world is vanishing, too. His father, Diego, a famous writer of post-modernist Spanish novels, has slipped into mute senility and is dying; Ricardo is in danger of losing his job, and he finds himself falling in love with his recently murdered friend’s new widow.
In tandem with a foul-mouthed, sexually harassing female cop, he discovers the secret of the God Particle machine and the startling truth behind his friends’ disappearances.
But the answer is utterly unlike anything he’d ever expected.
Vital Stats
- Theme: Mystery / Science Fiction
- Type: Curiosity Quills Press Novel
- Length: 312 Pages
- Pub. Date: March 8, 2012
- ISBN: 978-1-62007-052-9 (ebook)
- ISBN: 978-1-62007-053-6 (paperback)
Web Reviews
” This book had so much to offer, very twisty plot, unconventional scientific bent, ailing father whose fiction moves the story forward. There was so much to love.”
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joop @ Amazon (
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“Whole story is well written with easy language and it kept me reading on and on. I got this novel for free but I think it’s even worth the price it usually costs. I found it very interesting and I’m going to read more from this author.”
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nachtik @ Amazon (
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“This book is well written, interesting, and has surprising twists, although I don’t understand what happened to his friends, maybe you will.”
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Jacqueline S. Fleming @ Amazon (
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“The God Particle is a roller coaster ride of improbability, comedy and drama that ought to be followed up with a sequel. Readers beware, Kierkegaard Jr. is an authorial presence who tugs at the strings of the novel in order to leave readers asking what is real or who to believe with an open and perplexing ending.”
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Ian Caithness @ Amazon (
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“The book started off slow, I had to push thru and kept wondering when it was going to get good, and then I couldn’t put it down, I thought I had it figured out and it thru me for a loop at the end. Hope there is 2nd book. The characters in this book are well written, the back stories draw you in and keep you there. I would re-read this book again it was that good”
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CM1 @ Amazon (
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“What I ask of a really good read is that it transport me into it’s own reality, entertain me, and leave me with something to think about. This book did all three, so five stars, Mr. Kierkegard, and I look forward to reading some of your other books.”
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Vera Pym @ Goodreads (
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“”The God Particle” is well-known to Sci-Fi fans (and physicists of course), so the title led me to expect some hard Sci-Fi where the Higgs Boson figured on every page. However the Higgs Boson is only actually mentioned once – and then as the butt of a joke (I’ll let you discover it for yourselves). But do not dispair, there’s enough science to satisfy an SF fan, plus plenty more for all.”
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Mr. Lumb Clive “clumb29″ @ Amazon (
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“I just finished reading “The God Particle” and the book was a real page turner. Once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. I enjoyed this action packed book from cover to cover. There were enough plot twists to keep me guessing about the ending. I hope that there is a sequel, I would like to find out what happens after the end of the book.”
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abdoggett @ Amazon (
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“This book was great fun to read–I tore through it, enjoying watching the mystery unfold. And it holds out its greatest secret till the very end. The science fiction component is not complicated, but it is at the heart the mystery, and it is quite a mind bender up to the end.”
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Brian Del Vecchio @ Amazon (
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“This is a great book that left me thinking about the story for days after I had finished it. If you love an involving and original story, I highly recommend you give it a try.”
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Book Lover @ Amazon (
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“For long time fans of the inimitable R.K. Jr., this book is major departure from his previous work. Having already successfully made the transition from comics to graphic novels to satirical sci-fi novels, he dips his toes into the waters of serious fiction for this one.”
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Bob Robinson @ Amazon (
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