The book "Seeds of Death" closes a series of 3 detectives revolving around the Inspector General Franck Sharko and female police officer Lucie Henebelle.
In this latest work, writer Frank Thilliez continues to expand the investigation space to another area of science - the nuclear problem. However, under the guise of criminal and scientific investigation, The seed of Death is a story about human ambition without foundation, about the dangerous line between knowledge andcrazy.
With a pressing and mysterious investigation, The seed of Death is not only a thriller but also a warning about greed beyond moral limits and the price to pay for science being abused to challenge the impossible.
The seed of death is considered one of Frank Thilliezs most ambitious works, and is also the novel that best demonstrates the authors strengths in combining scientific knowledge with psychological horror.
If "E syndrome" delves into neurology and "Crimease" swings into genetics and birth defects, then "death seed" has a much wider range.
Frank Thilliez takes readers into the cold corridor of nuclear science, a field where just a small deviation is enough to create a destructive disaster.
The book is inspired by the real consequences of the Chernobyl reactor explosion in 1986, a dark shadow that continues to this day. The author not only describes the disaster, but also shows readers its "invisible bureaus": Deformed people, abandoned lands, policies to conceal the truth, and especially the way science can become a double-edged sword when falling into the hands of ambitious people beyond ethics.
The work also helps readers realize that science itself is not dangerous, the danger lies in the person holding it and human maturity against nuclear power, or any scientific power, is always more fragile than we think.
"The seed of death" exposed the consequences of radiation: being temporary, persistent and unpredictable. Franck Thilliez shows that true maturity does not lie in the ability to create strength but in the ability to contain it.
The presence of author Frank Thilliez in Vietnamese publishing life is not simply an expansion of the list of international detective authors, but also creates a slight change in the public's reading habits.
While Vietnamese detective literature has developed over the years in the familiar investigative - social direction, Frank Thilliez brings a different color: Investigation combined with science, where each case is examined by layers of knowledge about neurology, genetics or nuclear energy.
On a deeper level, Frank Thilliez's work also contributes to reshaping readers' expectations for detective literature. His stories show that this genre can completely expand its range, requiring investment in research, psychological structure, social and scientific context, not relying solely on plot-twists.
That unintentionally inspires young writers struggling to find a direction, that readers are willing to open their hearts to new projects, as long as they are built with seriousness and depth.
Therefore, each work by Frank Thilliez when launched in Vietnam plays a small but significant role, which is to expand the reading area, arouse more curiosity, and promote new explorations for both readers and writers in the contemporary detective genre.
On the occasion of the launch of the book "Seeds of Death", the French Institute and the Cultural & Media Company of Nha Nam organized an exchange and meeting with writer Frank Thilliez at 9:30 a.m. on December 6 in Hanoi.
