RICHMOND, Va., May 5, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- When Clay Taylor receives a phone call for help from his best friend, Rick, the quiet life he planned as a radiologist is overturned by a mishap with one of the most advanced scientific discoveries to date. In An Insubstantial Man (now available through 1stBooks), by Dirck Brendlinger, an ordinary man is physically changed by a powerful experiment and forced to save himself, avenge his friend and rescue his wife.
When an intruder murders Rick, Clay accidentally is subjected to a powerful magnet chamber in Rick's lab. The physical transformation he undergoes allows him to pass through material with low water content, such as wood and metal. Although a weird and frightening change, Clay pursues another scientist working in the same field as Rick, hoping to find a way to reverse his dilemma. The man he finds, Leland Kell, is a deranged scientist, jealous of his competitor's discovery. Clay must find the computer disc with Rick's information, but discovers that Kell's intentions are not only false, but murderous.
As Clay deals with his physical calamity, his best friend's death and the pursuit of some way to return to his normal state, he must also find his wife, Melanie, who Kell's henchmen have abducted. Kell wants the disc; Clay wants Melanie. The imaginative ultimate showdown ends Clay's struggle with the crazy scientist that killed his friend.
A science fantasy novel based in plausible science, Brendlinger's story takes the reader into the magnet chamber and into the mind of Clay Taylor, who must take on unimaginable odds while dealing with a physical state that's pushes the limits of human existence.
Brendlinger is radiologist with a private practice in Richmond, Va. After graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he was born and raised, he spent three years as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and high school physics teacher before attending Hahnemann School of Medicine. After completing his residency as an Army physician, he retired as a lieutenant colonel. He has served as editor of a medical publication and been published in medical journals. This is his first novel, and is currently working on a sequel. He has created other literary pieces, such as a play that won a playwriting competition. Brendlinger is also an avid runner and sailor.
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