Has anyone read Greg Bear's thriller Quantico?

I enjoyed it. Bear always gives me some food for thought.
I've included this blurb from his web site on the book.

Text from Back Cover:

>From multiple award winning and New York Times–bestselling author Greg Bear
comes a near-future thriller that pits young FBI agents against a brilliant
homegrown terrorist. It's the second decade of the Twenty-First Century, and
terrorism has escalated almost beyond control. The Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem has been blown to bits by extremists, and, in retaliation,
thousands have died in another major attack on the United States. New
weapons are being spawned in remote basement labs, and no one feels safe.

In North america, the FBI uses cutting edge technology to thwart domestic
terrorists. Sat-linked engine blockers stop drug-traffickers cold. Devices
the size of Magic Markers test for biohazards on the spot. 3-D projectors
reconstruct crime scenes from hours-old evidence, and sophisticated bomb
suits protect against all but the most savage forces. Despite all this, the
War on Terror has reached a deadly stalemate.

Now the FBI has been dispatched to deal with a new menace. A plague targeted
to ethnic groups— Jews or Muslims or both—has the potential to wipe out
entire populations. But the FBI itself is under political assault. There's a
good chance agents William Griffin, Fouad Al-Husam, and Jane Rowland will be
part of the last class at Quantico. As the young agents hunt a brilliant
homegrown terrorist, they join forces with veteran bio-terror expert rebecca
rose. But the plot they uncover—and the man they chase—prove to be far more
complex than anyone expects.

summer reading maru

john
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