Newman has an extremely high I.Q. but is morally void. His emotionally deprived childhood and his intensive military training have left him without the usual moral sensitivity. Various staff members of the Institute try to determine whether Newman is suffering from a mental illness or some other disorder. She believes that she has established a trusting relationship with him and that she will receive international recognition from the pioneering paper she intends to publish on his case. But one explosive incident will prove them all wrong.
Thrillers are usually plot-driven books with lots of action.
The first half of The Gemini Man will have readers wondering whether this is truly a thriller. The multitude of cryptic allusions to Newman's capacity for wide-spread devastation and the focus on the jockeying for position among the Institute staff members make for slow reading. For much of the novel, things revolve around Newman. There is a lot of discussion about what he's capable of, but not much movement. It is not until Newman finally makes his move that things heat up.