Hey all, it's Sam here, with a little summer bonus.

The paperback version of my latest book, The Ice Pick Surgeon, comes out today.

The Ice Pick Surgeon is my most dynamic and thrilling book yet.

It's about scientists who got so obsessed with some topic or idea that they took things

way, way too far, trampling ethical boundaries and often committing crimes in the name of

science.

It's full of dastardly deeds and has the thrill of a true crime tale.

So I hope you can pick up a copy of The Ice Pick Surgeon.

And to wet your whistle, here's a bonus excerpt from the audiobook on The Making of the

Unabomber.

I hope you enjoy.

Imagine it's 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Two young men are sitting in a harshly lit lab being watched by researchers.

One of the young men is smiling wickedly.

The other is squirming, getting more and more agitated each minute.

Their classmates at Harvard and they're engaged in a debate about their philosophies on life.

Teenagers often have strong opinions, and the agitated one whom the researchers have

dubbed lawful is especially strident.

As things get heated, their voices rise.

Lawful's heart starts racing and he squints under the hot lights.

When he signed up for the study, he was told that the debates would be friendly, but his

classmate keeps being abusive, mocking lawful's points instead of critiquing them in a logical

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