NANO

A world-class scientist. A family in peril. The world on the brink. American scientist Dr. Michael Faris is blackmailed into creating doomsday nanotechnology, but then he races across the Middle East, China and Russia in order to avert a global catastrophe ... from the weapon he has helped make. NANO is published on July 4, 2026, to mark the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the USA, and pays tribute to the literary cultural milestone of the Great American Novel of the 19th Century, the cinematic cultural milestone of the Hollywood Movie Blockbuster & Screenplay of the 20th Century and the innovative cultural milestone of the Global Intellectual Property (IP) Franchise of the 21st Century. Dr. Michael Faris is the lead scientist at the Institute of Defensive Nanotechnology (IDN) in the USA. In a glass auditorium north of Los Angeles, Michael shows a room of generals how nanotech could change warfare forever. His wife, Maria, the Caltech physicist who once came first in every quantum mechanics class she took, knows that it already has. She fears for the future of the world, and for their daughter, Thena. One day late at night at IDN, Michael receives a call from an unknown number. "We have your daughter. She is safe ... for now." Thena's been kidnapped, and Michael must now build what he knows he must not - or else. Under investigation by UNICON, a new global intel agency, Michael races throughout the Middle East, China and Russia to find and rescue his daughter ... and save his family, and save the world, from the weapon he has helped to make. What real readers have said about NANO "So I am not pulling back any punches, for I genuinely loved NANO." "What you have here is a classic, a perfect blend of ingredients to make it epic." "It is a head-turner, I'll tell you that, and it's also high-concept." "A phenomenal job of weaving this enthralling narrative." "Emotionally engaging as it is riveting on a plot level and entertaining." "A skilfully crafted thriller with great potential for success." "NANO is exceptional, an intriguing read." About NANO NANO is a global sci-fi techno-thriller with the highly contemporary theme of asymmetry: between nuclear warfare and A.I.-enabled nanotech; between the disruption of technology and the balance of humanity; between the world, its superpower states and the nuclear family; and ultimately between a man, his wife and daughter. NANO has been envisaged as the innovative fusion of global geopolitics and science-fiction; balanced between the contemporary journalism of TIME and WIRED magazines and the best-selling thrillers of Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton; between real science fact, such as the White House's National Nanotechnology Initiative, and global science fiction, as featured in Hollywood blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, The Avengers and James Bond. As part of the new exciting global franchise series, Technopolis, NANO is internationally released as the cutting-edge fast-paced cinematic novelization of a highly acclaimed screenplay and forthcoming film, which readers can first enjoy as a book, then as audience members at cinema theaters worldwide. NANO is written by Talal Malik, CEO, Founder and Senior Writer-Producer of global media and entertainment firm, Alpha1Media. Educated at Oxford University at the same college as J. R. R. Tolkien, famed author of 'Lord of the Rings', and trained at the same prestigious writing program as Ian Fleming, famed author of 'James Bond', Talal Malik has written NANO specifically for global readers to enjoy as a cinematic page-turner in their hands. Welcome to the New Nuclear. Welcome to NANO.

Talal Malik is the Founder, CEO and Film Writer-Producer of Alpha1Media, a global media and entertainment firm developing and producing high-concept international projects. NANO is his first novel, adapted from his own screenplay. He has worked in the film industry since 1999, on productions including The World Is Not Enough, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and V for Vendetta, before moving into producing, writing and advisory work. He read at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, and was selected from 1,200 candidates for the Reuters Editorial Writing Programme. He has previously held roles at McKinsey & Company, Reuters and the United Nations, and has spoken on film, financing and artificial intelligence at Berlinale and Cannes.

Prologue PART ONE - ASYMMETRY Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 PART TWO - CONVERGENCE Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 PART THREE - RESOLUTION Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Epilogue Post-Credits * * * Notes NANO - The Movie Easter Eggs Acknowledgments About the Author