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Prey For Me: A Psychological Thriller Kindle Edition

by John Casti (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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Who wins and who loses when you’re playing with other people’s money... and their emotions?

World-renowned scientist Victor Safir can’t resist his inexplicable attraction to Alex Lynne, a brilliant, beautiful financier—but his addiction to her may drive him over the edge. Thrust together as unlikely partners in the high-stakes world of London finance, their game of seduction might prove riskier than any business deal.

Victor begins to suspect that Alex is behind the sinister actions involving others in the firm, and might have an insatiable appetite for dangerous games. Is she using his desire to her advantage? Or is Victor destined to become another victim?

In a work that is equal parts thriller, intrigue, and exotic travelogue, Prey for Me weaves the power players of the financial world with the realm of top academia to craft a mystery that will keep the reader guessing.

Praise for John Casti’s Paradigm Lost
“A Deep and careful pleasant consideration of what science is and how it is done. It would make anyone want to be a scientist.”
--Isaac Asimov

“Extraordinary...brought off with considerable erudition…absorbing reading”
--Kirkus Reviews

Praise for John Casti’s X-Events
“I am assiduous reader of John Casti’s books. He is a real scientific intellectual.” --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan

“One of America’s greatest pioneers of simulation.” --London Times

“Casti is at his best in presenting difficult philosophical ideas enthusiastically and lucidly, and in presenting everyday examples to illustrate them…Entertaining and absorbing.” --New York Times Book Review

“Dazzling ... A delightful tour de force ... Casti [is] a good teacher.” --Los Angeles Times
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08GF5ZD3W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The X-Press, Inc (Sept. 15 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 576 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0997255773
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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John L. Casti

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John Casti is an internationally-recognized complexity scientist and best-selling popular science author, mathematician, and entrepreneur. He has written more than 120 scientific articles, seven technical monographs and textbooks on mathematical modeling, and sixteen books on popular science.

His book, Alternate Realities, was awarded the Association of American Publishers prize. Prey for Me is his first work of fiction.

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Tanya M
3.0 out of 5 stars Quick Psychological Thriller read
Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2020
I would actually give this book 3.5 stars but the ratings won't allow it. Overall, this was an enjoyable read. I read the entire book in one night so its a good read if you have a quiet day or a commute.

The story settings were beautifully described. I have been to some of the places the author was describing so I could visualize the settings. There was a great deal of explanation on the simulator that I could have done without... but it wasn't enough to turn me away.

Alex is a cold personality inside and I think the writing style reflected this. I also saw Victor as kind of cold which might be because he is going through a divorce or maybe that's just his personality. I felt that they didn't have a wild, passionate relationship because neither one of them were that personality type that really felt their emotions. They were both slightly mechanical. I felt it was similar to a Dexter (the books not the TV adaptation) personality type.

Additionally, the author allowed the reader to understand their mechanival behaviors in their thought processing, although, at times, their thoughts did not need to be written out. Sometimes it's better to allow a reader to imagine the motivation rather than provide them with all the details. It can take from the flow of the story which unfortunately, I felt happened here on occasion. Having said that, there are readers who prefer that writing style and if so this may be a book for them to try.

I enjoyed the conclusion although it happened quickly.

I received an advance review copy for free through Book Sirens and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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brittany
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting perspective and a great read!
Reviewed in Canada on May 26, 2021
Interesting and well written thriller. Not for the squeamish that’s for sure. Different from the usual cat and mouse game so definitely check this out!

I received this book complimentary from the author via Voracious Readers Only
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Robin Houde
2.0 out of 5 stars Ridicule
Reviewed in Canada on March 7, 2021
I bought this book because I loved the essays written by John Casti. What a disappointment! The main character is supposed to be a brilliant intellectual with an athletic physique. But he never sweats. He spends his time traveling, eating, drinking, and engaging in other hedonistic activities. Completely not credible. The two female secondary characters are caricatures. This book is nothing more than a bad remake of Fatal Attraction.
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Elaine L. Parker
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020
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"Prey for me" is an appropriately named novel of multiple tracks told
by the main character who is a highly regarded academic doing research
in a mathematical subject applicable to the world of high finance . We
learn about the subject and of the lifestyle of the class of those
involved. The reader sees this world as one of bon vivants, even to
the fine points of haute cuisine.
The other main character is a brilliant and attractive student of the
academic whom he meets again as a high level employee of the financial
firm for which he consults and with whom he starts a highly charged
affair. This track of the novel deals with a complex and increasingly
menacing relationship between the professor and his student and now
co-worker. The truly disturbing
psychological makeup of the professor's lover is revealed in the
novel's final track. It
keeps the reader fascinated as well as as frightened.
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Martha T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Spannend, inspirierend!
Reviewed in Germany on November 7, 2020
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Das Buch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine spannende Reise an unterschiedliche Orte - sowohl reale Orte als auch jene in der Psyche der ProtagonistInnen.
Ich mag - abgesehen von der Handlung - Casti's Sprache, seine genauen Beschreibungen, den Aufbau der Dialoge.
Eine sehr spannende und inspirierende Lektüre! 😁
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Theodore Modis
5.0 out of 5 stars A first-class thriller that would make a great Hollywood movie
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
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This fast-moving story peppered with kinky sex and twisted psyche keeps the reader hung in there until the very end.
Having published many best-selling science-related books Casti has now created also first-class fiction. He is well-positioned—not by accident—to talk about Victor, the book’s male protagonist, and the settings in the book, which include Santa Fe, San Francisco, London, Venice, Trieste, and Vienna. The reader will learn much about culinary, historical, and other tourist attractions in and around these cities.
Casti is an expert in mathematical game theory, problem solving, modeling stock-market price movements, and extreme events. He has first-hand experience in working at institutes of technology such as the Santa Fe Institute and IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis). He has traveled extensively and is a connoisseur of: wining, dining, sightseeing across Europe and America, and from what transpires from the book also … women.
This book could become a great Hollywood movie!
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Mary Lewis, M.E.
5.0 out of 5 stars Characters and locales that woo...
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2020
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John Casti has had a long career of writing well-endowed technical books, some 120 in total. It’s good to see him try his hand at fiction--for the first time. Prey for Me is a reserved classic. It flows with vibrant details, and the characters should are well-rounded and driven. Victor and Alex you will get to know personally in your leisure reading of this novel. I am a great fan of stories that takes you to many locales. Casti has offered a novel with this intrigue-harboring technique.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Could not put it down
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2020
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I read this book in one day. I loved all of the descriptions of Santa Fe and all the restaurant descriptions all over the world
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