is caught by Gupta and Simon and they are all taken to Fermilab, where Gupta plans to use the Tevatron to create a particle beam and put the theory into action. Brock is left with David, Monique, Karen and Jonah. In a fight between David and Brock, Brock falls into burning mineral oil and dies. It is revealed that Simon's wife and children were murdered by the US troops and he intends to use the technology against the United States as revenge. He locks Gupta in a room and takes control of the experiment. David shuts down the Tevatron by smashing the beam pipe and in the process kills Simon. Gupta becomes hysterical and kills people near him with an Uzi. The FBI agents kill Gupta. Michael is left to the custody of Monique, who gets engaged to David. Characters David Swift : A professor of the History of Science at Columbia University. Monique Reynolds: A string theorist at Princeton University and friend of Swift. Amil Gupta/Henry Cobb: A close student of Einstein and chief antagonist of the story. Hans Kleinman: A close student of Einstein and Swift's former mentor. Michael: Gupta's autistic grandson. Simon: The assassin and shtarker employed by Gupta. Elizabeth Gupta: Gupta's daughter. Karen: ex-wife of Swift. Jonah: son of Swift. Agent Brock: FBI Agent who also works for Gupta. Lucille Parker: FBI Agent in charge. Reception The novel received mixed reviews. Janet Maslin of The New York Times criticized the novel by saying "Though its dialogue sometimes name-drops quarks and geons, nobody in "Final Theory" sounds so smart once the running begins ... And the book's scientific expertise is eventually neutralized by that blunt, overall style". The Sunday Times spoke of the book as "an entertaining, if fairly predictable, chase, laced with murder and mayhem...a lightspeed read with not too much mass". Douglas Preston described the book as "One of the finest science-based thrillers to appear in a long time". See also Theory of everything Grand unified theory References External links Homepage of the author 2008 American novels Techno-thriller novels American science fiction novels Touchstone Books books