Tom Weston

Fission Tom Weston

First Place (Historical Fiction), 2011 Reader Views Literary Awards
First Place (North East Region), 2011 Reader Views Literary Awards
Finalist (Historical Fiction), 2011 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards
Bronze (Historical Fiction), 2013 Global eBook Awards
Honorable Mention (Historical Fiction), 2012 Readers Favorite Book Awards

First they tried to deny her.
Then they tried to destroy her.
But she survived to discover nuclear fission
and spark the race for the atomic bomb.

Imagine if you would, a story of greed and betrayal, intrigue and danger, war and destruction, the slaughter of the innocents on a biblical scale and the collapse of empire. And imagine at the centre of it all one woman, brilliant but shy, victimized but resolute, and ultimately vindicated. What a story that would make! Well, you don't have to imagine it, because that is the Lise Meitner story. And I didn't have to invent any of it . . . it's all true.