Red Mercury

Ben Bridges is the man least likely to save the world. His severe form of Tourette's syndrome - resulting in uncontrollable twitching and cursing, and a tendency to dart in front of fast-moving objects - makes Ben seem insane. But Ben is quite brilliant and enormously observant. Which is why only Ben sees the truth behind a substance the Internet-underground is calling "red mercury" - and why no one, certainly not the FBI, will listen to his urgent warnings.

Ben understands red mercury can be used to make impossibly tiny nuclear devices that will be every terrorist's dream - and everyone else's nightmare. His only allies are a schizophrenic, a cleaning lady, a brilliant recluse... and one gutsy female reporter who, against all odds, believes in Ben.