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[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The God Particle" by Daniel Danser.]
Professor Tom Halligan was an Institute Professor at MIT, until he was offered the position of Director General at CERN, by the President of CERN Council, Frederick Volker. The previous Director General, Erik Morantz, had committed suicide for reasons unknown to the public. Volker had been following Halligan’s career at MIT for years and felt he would be the best person for the job, because of his knowledge of subatomic particles. As Director General he would oversee the work of the Large Hadron Collider, which was built to detect that which created all mass in the universe: the God Particle. After taking the job and arriving at CERN’s facility in Switzerland, he realizes there may be more to Erik Morantz’s death than originally described. Did Erik Morantz really believe that the Large Hadron Collider was causing catastrophic events? Was his death really a suicide or was he murdered to hide the truth?

The God Particle is a crime, thriller, fiction novel that examines one of the world’s leading nuclear research facilities: CERN in Switzerland. The driving force of the novel is the research to discover the God Particle and the secret organization that for decades has been halting its discovery. The reader is educated about scientific matters and thrown into the inner workings of part of the scientific community. We follow the lead character has he tries to discover the truth, not only of his predecessors death, but also that of the Large Hadron Collider.

From the moment I started reading this novel, I knew I would find it enjoyable. The pace set from the beginning allowed me to gradually understand the scope of the problems presented, as well as relate to the characters as they were introduced. The story propelled itself well and even with the constant flux of new scientific information provided, I was never overwhelmed by the science behind the story. The characters were intriguing, engaging and well developed. The relationships that formed, and the situations that arose tested each character and helped define them as the novel progressed.

One thing that I must applaud the author for was how well written and well researched this novel was. Too often you see an author overwhelmed by translating the science to an audience in a novel, which was not the case with The God Particle. It’s obvious that he put a lot of time into not only researching the science but also in understanding it so he could effectively relay that information. This novel would not have been a success without his research.

I give this novel 4 out of 4 stars. It was informative, well written and well executed which is what I considered to be a triumphant novel. I will in the future look forward to more novels by Danser.

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This sounds right up my alley. I think is actually one of the ones I was considering buying for my kindle. Do you recommend the e-book version as much as the physical in this case? Thanks for the great review!

Thanks! The e-book version is how I read it and it was fine. I will say that the writing was very well executed so this might be one you want to pull of the shelves and read again in a few years.