The story ends with the scientists discovering that the hyperdimensional impulse wave can be set to scramble extremely specific DNA – making the device a killer. The second half of the book begins when the science is sufficiently well understood that a second device can be built - one that does not detonate explosives, but merely renders them permanently harmless. The novel also traces the scientists' slow progress in understanding the science behind their invention. Retracing Princip's steps from the feudal frontier village of his birth to the great plain city of Belgrade and ultimately Sarajevo, journalist and bestselling author Tim Butcher makes discoveries about the assassin that have eluded historians for a hundred years. Although at first beneficial, other uses for the device are found, such as a faultless at-range detonator. Tim Butcher has re-written history with this evocative and moving journey in the footsteps of the assassin who sparked the First World War. The first half of the book explores the reactions of society, government and the scientists themselves as the latter attempt to ensure that their invention will only be used for peaceful ends. A group of scientists invent, by accident, a device that detonates all nitrate-based explosive in its vicinity, thus providing good protection against most known modern conventional weapons. The Trigger starts in the early to mid-21st century. It is an attempt to explore the social impact of technological change. The Trigger is a 1999 science fiction novel by Arthur C.
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