Steven Barnes: Twelve Days
Twelve Days
Buch
- St. Martins Press-3PL, 05/2018
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780765375988
- Bestellnummer: 11523252
- Umfang: 370 Seiten
- Gewicht: 600 g
- Maße: 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke: 22 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 29.5.2018
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A paranormal thriller from master storyteller Steven Barnes: A broken family struggles to hold itself together against a plot to unleash global genocide in Twelve DaysAround the world, leaders and notorious criminals alike are mysteriously dying. A terrorist group promises a series of deaths within two months. And against the backdrop of the apocalypse, the lives of a small shattered family and a broken soldier are transformed in the bustling city of Atlanta.
Olympia Dorsey is a journalist and mother, with a cynical teenage daughter and an autistic son named Hannibal, all trying to heal from a personal tragedy. Across the street, Ex-Special Forces soldier Terry Nicolas and his wartime unit have reunited Stateside to carry out a risky heist that will not only right a terrible injustice, but also set them up for life-at the cost of their honor. Terry and the family's visit to an unusual martial arts exhibition brings them into contact with Madame Gupta, a teacher of singular skill who offers not just a way for Terry to tap into mastery beyond his dreams, but also for Hannibal to transcend the limits of his condition. But to see these promises realized, Terry will need to betray those with whom he fought and bled.
Meanwhile, as the death toll gains momentum and society itself teeters on the edge of collapse, Olympia's fragile clan is placed in jeopardy, and Terry comes to understand the terrible price he must pay to prevent catastrophe.
Biografie
Steven Barnes wurde 1952 in Los Angeles geboren und veröffentlichte 1979 seine erste Science-Fiction-Erzählung. Er schrieb etliche Bücher gemeinsam mit den populären SF-Autoren Larry Niven und Jerry Pournelle, bevor er 1983 seinen ersten Soloroman vorlegte, außerdem lieferte er Drehbücher für die Serien Stargate und Andromeda . Steven Barnes lebt mit seiner Frau, der Autorin Tananarive Due, in Longview, Washington. Steven Barnes
Twelve Days
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