You have continual suspense, unfolding letter by letter. You have all these ups and downs in your characters' fortunes. Success or failure is only seconds away, and it's in their own hands. You have character and action built right in.

They didn't know what to make of it in Melbourne. They loved it, and they made it their own. But they did not fully have a sense of competitive academics.

Siry answered with one simple, shattering word. "Veelox.

[Brannon Braga, co-creator and executive producer of CBS' upcoming SF suspense thriller, Threshold , told SCI FI Wire that the show will not be shy in explaining up front what its aliens are doing.] It's bioforming, ... They're sending out this bizarre technological signal that mutates our DNA, [turning us] into them. There are no aliens. They're turning us into them.

David Morrell is a master of suspense. He wields it like a stiletto - knows just where to stick it and how to turn it. If you're reading Morrell, you're sitting on the edge of your seat.

We have come out of the ice. As for the outcome, let it be a suspense. I am meeting him again tomorrow.