WORLD WITHOUT END Conway woke with a start. He lay on his stomach, sweating, the white bed sheet tangled around him like a vine and sticking to his bare skin, his heart pumping with a frantic energy, as if it were mustering all of its strength to ward off a familiar and powerful enemy. "Bad dream?" Pasha asked, her English flawless. She lay in bed with her back facing him, her voice clear and strong, always strong. "The thing with Armand was a fluke. An accident," Pasha said. "You survived it." Barely, a voice reminded him. "There's a lot riding on today," Conway said. "Two years of work. I want to make sure it goes down right. Make sure all the team members are in place and know what to do." "We're prepared, Stephen. You're not in this alone." Read the full excerpt. Atria US hardcover October 2001 ISBN 9780671040635 Pocket US mass-market paperback October 2002 ISBN 9780671040642 Pocket UK mass-market paperback October 2002 ISBN 9780743404037 INSPIRATION I happened to catch a show on the Discovery Channel about non-lethal weapons: stun guns, sticky foam, that sort of thing. Toward the end there was a mention of a military camouflage that could render people invisible. The idea for the book came together one day when I happened to be walking by the Holocaust Memorial here in Boston. I saw an old and sort of sickly man close his eyes and press his hand against the glass. I could have sworn that the man was smiling, and the idea for Amon Faust—and his plans for this military combat suit—came from there. REVIEWS An espionage thriller that rings alarmingly true, especially in depicting the ways technology can be perverted to deadly uses. Timely and thought-provoking.    —Booklist In Mooney's second nonstop action thriller... his imagination leaves nothing to be desired.    —Publishers Weekly